Epidemiological study of relapsing fever borreliae detected in Haemaphysalis ticks and wild animals in the western part of Japan

Kiwa Furuno; Kyunglee Lee; Yukie Itoh; Kazuo Suzuki; Kenzo Yonemitsu; Ryusei Kuwata; Hiroshi Shimoda; Masahisa Watarai; Ken Maeda; Ai Takano

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174727

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Epidemiological study of relapsing fever borreliae detected in Haemaphysalis ticks and wild animals in the western part of Japan

Kiwa Furuno ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kiwa Furuno, Kyunglee Lee

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Kyunglee Lee ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kiwa Furuno, Kyunglee Lee

Affiliation Cetacean research institute, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Nam-gu, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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Yukie Itoh,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Kazuo Suzuki,

Affiliation Hikiiwa Park Center, Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan
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Kenzo Yonemitsu,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Ryusei Kuwata,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Hiroshi Shimoda,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 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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Ken Maeda,

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, Japan
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Ai Takano

* 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

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5919-3738

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Epidemiological study of relapsing fever borreliae detected in Haemaphysalis ticks and wild animals in the western part of Japan

Kiwa Furuno,
Kyunglee Lee,
Yukie Itoh,
Kazuo Suzuki,
Kenzo Yonemitsu,
Ryusei Kuwata,
Hiroshi Shimoda,
Masahisa Watarai,
Ken Maeda,
Ai Takano

Published: March 31, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174727

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