Tick Surveillance for Relapsing Fever Spirochete Borrelia miyamotoi in Hokkaido, Japan

• Ai Takano ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ai Takano, Kochi Toyomane

  * E-mail: a-takano@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan

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• Kochi Toyomane ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ai Takano, Kochi Toyomane

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Satoru Konnai,

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Ohashi,

  Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Minoru Nakao,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Takuya Ito,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease, Hokkaido Institute of Public Health. Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

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• Masako Andoh,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan

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• Ken Maeda,

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan

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• Masahisa Watarai,

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan, The United Graduate School of Veterinary Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan

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• Kozue Sato,

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology-I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroki Kawabata

  Affiliations Department of Bacteriology-I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science & Veterinary Science, Gifu University, Gifu, Gifu, Japan

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