Detection of a Babesia sp. genotype closely related to marsupial-associated Babesia spp. in male Haemaphysalis shimoga from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Alice CC LAU; Yongjin QIU; Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed MOUSTAFA; Ryo NAKAO; Michito SHIMOZURU; Manabu ONUMA; Nobuyoshi NAKAJIMA; Mariko SASHIKA; Jayasilan MOHD-AZLAN; Toshio TSUBOTA

doi:10.1292/jvms.22-0304

Parasitology

Detection of a Babesia sp. genotype closely related to marsupial-associated Babesia spp. in male Haemaphysalis shimoga from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Alice CC LAU, Yongjin QIU, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed MOUSTAFA, Ryo NAKAO, Michito SHIMOZURU, Manabu ONUMA, Nobuyoshi NAKAJIMA, Mariko SASHIKA, Jayasilan MOHD-AZLAN, Toshio TSUBOTA

著者情報

Alice CC LAU
Laboratory of Wildlife Biology and Medicine, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Present address: Virology Division 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Yongjin QIU
Division of International Research Promotion, International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed MOUSTAFA
Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Department of Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt
Ryo NAKAO
Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Michito SHIMOZURU
Laboratory of Wildlife Biology and Medicine, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Manabu ONUMA
Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan
Nobuyoshi NAKAJIMA
Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan
Mariko SASHIKA
Laboratory of Wildlife Biology and Medicine, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
Jayasilan MOHD-AZLAN
Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, Malaysia
Toshio TSUBOTA
Laboratory of Wildlife Biology and Medicine, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan

キーワード: Babesia, Haemaphysalis shimoga, ixodid tick, rodent, Sarawak

ジャーナルオープンアクセス

2022 年 84 巻 11 号 p. 1469-1473

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.22-0304

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抄録

In this study, Babesia screening was conducted in 55 rodents and 160 tick samples collected from primary forests and an oil palm plantation in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. PCR targeting the 18S ribosomal DNA revealed the presence of Babesia spp. DNA detected in two questing male Haemaphysalis shimoga ticks collected from the oil palm plantation. Sequence analysis revealed that both sequences were identical and had 98.6% identity to a Babesia macropus sequence obtained from Eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) in Australia. Phylogenetic tree revealed clustering with marsupial-associated Babesia spp. in the Babesia sensu stricto clade. Whether or not H. shimoga is the competent vector and the importance of the Babesia sp. detected in this study warrants more investigation.

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