TY - JOUR
T1 - Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection of sika deer, Japan
AU - Kawahara, Makoto
AU - Tajima, Tomoko
AU - Torii, Harumi
AU - Yabutani, Mitsutaka
AU - Ishii, Joji
AU - Harasawa, Makiko
AU - Isogai, Emiko
AU - Rikihisa, Yasuko
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.3201/eid1512.081667
DO - 10.3201/eid1512.081667
M3 - Article
C2 - 19961683
AN - SCOPUS:73949133513
VL - 15
SP - 1991
EP - 1993
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
SN - 1080-6040
IS - 12
ER -
