Preliminary report on the relationship between recent tick bite cases caused by Amblyomma testudinarium and ticks collected from wild boar and deer in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Mizuho SHIMADA; Kandai DOI; Takeo YAMAUCHI; Hiroki KAWABATA; Shuji ANDO; Tatsumi ABE; Yumie KOBAYASHI; Yoshie HIROSE; Yukako FUJIWARA; Miho SAITOU; Hiroko KIKUCHI; Satoru KOMATSUMOTO; Toshimitsu MUROHISA; Satoshi SHIMANO

doi:10.2300/acari.31.75

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Preliminary report on the relationship between recent tick bite cases caused by Amblyomma testudinarium and ticks collected from wild boar and deer in Ashikaga City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan

Mizuho SHIMADA, Kandai DOI, Takeo YAMAUCHI, Hiroki KAWABATA, Shuji ANDO, Tatsumi ABE, Yumie KOBAYASHI, Yoshie HIROSE, Yukako FUJIWARA, Miho SAITOU, Hiroko KIKUCHI, Satoru KOMATSUMOTO, Toshimitsu MUROHISA, Satoshi SHIMANO

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Mizuho SHIMADA
Health Care Center, Jichi Medical University
Department of Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital
Kandai DOI
Department of Wildlife Biology, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Takeo YAMAUCHI
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Hiroki KAWABATA
Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Shuji ANDO
Department of Virology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Tatsumi ABE
Ashikaga Central Branch, Tochigi Hunting Association
Yumie KOBAYASHI
Department of Infection Control Room, Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital
Yoshie HIROSE
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital
Yukako FUJIWARA
Department of Dermatology, Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital
Miho SAITOU
Department of Dermatology, Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital
Hiroko KIKUCHI
Department of Emergency, Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital
Satoru KOMATSUMOTO
Department of Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital
Toshimitsu MUROHISA
Department of Internal Medicine, Japanese Red Cross Ashikaga Hospital
Satoshi SHIMANO
Science Research Center, Hosei University

Keywords: deer, field research, hard tick, host, Ixodidae, wild boar

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2022 Volume 31 Issue 2 Pages 75-83

DOI https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.31.75

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