Sika Deer Carrying Babesia Parasites Closely Related to B. divergens, Japan
Sika Deer Carrying Babesia Parasites Closely Related to B. divergens, Japan
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日本梅花鹿携带与分歧巴贝斯虫密切相关的巴贝斯虫寄生虫
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
11.8
通讯作者：
C. Ishihara
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作者：
A. Zamoto;M. Tsuji;K. Imaoka;Masanobu Kimura;S. Morikawa;P. Holman;H. Hirata;C. Ishihara
致编辑：人类巴贝斯虫病是由巴贝斯虫引起的，巴贝斯虫是欧洲牛的一种人畜共患病原体，是一种新兴的蜱传疾病(1)。在美国，在密苏里州和肯塔基州的人身上以及马萨诸塞州楠塔基特岛的东部棉尾兔（Sylvilagus floridanus）身上发现了一种密切相关的巴贝斯虫（2-5）。我们报道了日本梅花鹿（Cervus nippon）也携带与B. divergens有密切遗传关系的寄生虫。
To the Editor: Human babesiosis caused by Babesia divergens, a zoonotic pathogen of bovines in Europe, is an emerging tickborne disease (1). In the United States, a closely related Babesia sp. was identified in persons in Missouri and Kentucky and in eastern cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts (2–5). We report that sika deer (Cervus nippon) in Japan also carry parasites genetically closely related to B. divergens.