Establishment of ecological monitoring system based on the prevalence of vector borne pathogens

通过将禽媒传播疾病的流行作为生物标志物，尝试对气候变化对环境的影响进行生物学检测。详细揭示了病原体在日本野生鸟类、圈养鸟类和媒介节肢动物中的流行情况，并发现了病原体的地区特有基因类型。这些特定的基因类型可以作为标记，持续监测这些监测点的流行情况有助于发现环境状况的某些变化。

Biological detection of environmental effect by climate change was attempted by referring the prevalence of avian vector borne disease as biomarkers. Prevalence of pathogens was revealed among wild and captive birds and vector arthropods in Japan in detail and area specific genotypes of the pathogens were also found. Those specific genotypes can be markers and continued monitoring of the prevalence in those monitoring sites could contribute to detect some changes of environmental status.