Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection of sika deer, Japan

Makoto Kawahara; Tomoko Tajima; Harumi Torii; Mitsutaka Yabutani; Joji Ishii; Makiko Harasawa; Emiko Isogai; Yasuko Rikihisa

doi:10.3201/eid1512.081667

Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection of sika deer, Japan

Makoto Kawahara, Tomoko Tajima, Harumi Torii, Mitsutaka Yabutani, Joji Ishii, Makiko Harasawa, Emiko Isogai, Yasuko Rikihisa

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Abstract

To determine whether Ehrlichia chaffeensis exists in Japan, we used PCR to examine blood from sika deer in Nara, Japan. Of 117 deer, 36 (31%) were infected with E. chaffeensis. The E. chaffeensis 16S rRNA base and GroEL amino acid sequences from Japan were most closely related to those of E. chaffeensis Arkansas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1991-1993
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	15
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1512.081667
Publication status	Published - 2009 Dec 1

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Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Kawahara, M., Tajima, T., Torii, H., Yabutani, M., Ishii, J., Harasawa, M., Isogai, E., & Rikihisa, Y. (2009). Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection of sika deer, Japan. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 15(12), 1991-1993. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1512.081667

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