Infestation of Aponomma latum (Ixodidae) on African Ball Python Imported into Asahikawa, Japan

Kenji MIYAMOTO; Minoru NAKAO; Masao KOSUGE; Gen BANDO

doi:10.2300/acari.3.79

Kenji MIYAMOTO, Minoru NAKAO, Masao KOSUGE, Gen BANDO

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Keywords: Aponomma latum, ball pytohon, new record, spirochete-like bacteria, Asahikawa

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1994 Volume 3 Issue 2 Pages 79-84

DOI https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.3.79

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Published: November 25, 1994 Received: October 12, 1994 Available on J-STAGE: June 28, 2010 Accepted: - Advance online publication: - Revised: -
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Date of correction: June 28, 2010 Reason for correction: - Correction: TITLE Details: [in Japanese]

Date of correction: June 28, 2010 Reason for correction: - Correction: ABSTRACT Details: [in Japanese]

Date of correction: June 28, 2010 Reason for correction: - Correction: AUTHOR Details: Wrong : Kenji MIYAMOTO¹⁾³⁾, Minoru NAKAO¹⁾, Masao KOSUGE²⁾, Gen BANDO²⁾
Right : Kenji MIYAMOTO¹⁾, Minoru NAKAO¹⁾, Masao KOSUGE²⁾, Gen BANDO²⁾

Date of correction: June 28, 2010 Reason for correction: - Correction: AFFILIATION Details: Wrong :
1) Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College
2) Asahiyama Zoo
3) Correspondent.

Right :
1) Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College
2) Asahiyama Zoo

Date of correction: June 28, 2010 Reason for correction: - Correction: KEYWORD Details: Wrong : Aponomma latum, ball pytohon, new record, spirochete-like bacteria, Asahikawa.
Right : Aponomma latum, ball pytohon, new record, spirochete-like bacteria, Asahikawa

Date of correction: June 28, 2010 Reason for correction: - Correction: CITATION Details: Wrong : Hoogstraal, H. (1956) : African Ixodoidea.I.Tick of the Sudan .U.S.NAMRU3.Cairo Egypt UAR.
Barbour, A.G., W.Burgdorfer, S.F.Hayes, O.Peter& A.Aescheliman (1983) : Isolation of acultivable spirochete from Ixodes ricinus of Switzerland .Curr.Microbiol., 8: 123-126.
Miyamoto, K., M.Nakao,K.Uchikawa, & H.Fujita (1992) : Prevalence of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes in Ixodid ticks of Japan, with special reference to a new potential vector, Ixodes ovatus (Acari: Ixodidae) .J.Med. Entomol., 29: 216-220.
Yamaguti, N. (1978) : Ticks from the imported reptiles in Japan . Proceeding of the JapaneseAssociation for Acarology.No.5: 14-15 (abstract in Japanese)
Yamashita, J.and H.Mori (1955) : On a tick of Python reticularis Schneider .Memoirs of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 2: 158-159. (in Japanese with English summary) .

Right : Hoogstraal, H.(1956): African Ixodoidea. I. Tick of the Sudan. U. S. NAMRU 3. Cairo Egypt UAR.
Barbour, A. G., W. Burgdorfer, S. F. Hayes, O. Peter&A. Aescheliman(1983): Isolation of a cultivable spirochete from Ixodes ricinus of Switzerland. Curr. Microbiol., 8: 123-126.
Miyamoto, K., M. Nakao, K. Uchikawa, &H. Fujita(1992): Prevalence of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes in Ixodid ticks of Japan, with special reference to a new potential vector, Ixodes ovatus(Acari: Ixodidae). J. Med. Entomol., 29: 216-220.
Yamaguti, N.(1978): Ticks from the imported reptiles in Japan. Proceeding of the Japanese Association for Acarology. No. 5: 14-15(abstract in Japanese)
Yamashita, J. and H. Mori(1955): On a tick of Python reticularis Schneider. Memoirs of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 2: 158-159.(in Japanese with English summary).

Abstract

Infestation of ixodid female ticks were found on African ball python(Python regius), which had been imported into Asahiyama Zoo, Hokkaido, Japan by way of the United States. These ticks were identified as Aponomma latum (Koch, 1844) . Spirochete-like bacteria were detected from unfed one of two females associated with the ball python. The subculture of the organisms resulted in failure. This is the first detection of the bacteria from the tick.

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