Survey of tick fauna possessing the ability to act as vectors of rickettsiosis in Toyama Prefecture, Japan

• YAMAUCHI Takeo

  Toyama Institute of Health

• OBARA Mayumi

  Toyama Institute of Health

• WATANABE Mamoru

  Toyama Institute of Health:Department of Medical Entomology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases

• ANDO Shuji

  Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases

• ISHIKURA Mitsuhiro

• SHINAGAWA Yasuhiro

  Toyama Institute of Health

• HASEGAWA Sumiyo

  Toyama Institute of Health

• NAKAMURA Kazuya

  Toyama Institute of Health

• IWAI Masae

  Toyama Institute of Health

• KURATA Takeshi

  Toyama Institute of Health

• TAKIZAWA Takenori

  Toyama Institute of Health

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 富山県におけるリケッチア症媒介マダニ相調査

Abstract

During 1991-2007 a total of 3,562 ixodid ticks were collected by flagging at altitudes from 20 to 1,470m in Toyama Prefecture. Two genera and nine species were identified as follows: Haemaphysalis flava, H. japonica, H. kitaokai, H. longicornis, H. megaspinosa, Ixodes monospinosus, I. nipponensis, I. ovatus, and I. persulcatus. Ixodes ovatus was the most dominant species at elevations of 400m and above, but was also distributed at the low altitudes. Haemaphysalis flava was predominant below 401m above sea level. Haemaphysalis kitaokai, H. megaspinosa, and I. monospinosus were newly recorded in Toyama Prefecture. Rickettsial DNA detected from I. monospinosus was closely related to Rickettsia helvetica, indicating a potential threat of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in Toyama Prefecture.

Journal

• Medical Entomology and Zoology

  Medical Entomology and Zoology 60 (1), 23-31, 2009-03-15

  The Japan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology

Keywords

• Honshu
• Haemaphysalis
• Ixodes
• Ixodidae
• spotted fever group Rickettsia
• vertical distribution

Details

• CRID: 1390001204940475776
• NII Article ID: 110007226356
• NII Book ID: AN00021948
• DOI: 10.7601/mez.60.23
• ISSN: 21855609
• ISSN: 04247086
• NDL BIB ID: 10329416
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10329416
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/mez/60/1/60_KJ00005578323/_pdf
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• Text Lang: en
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