Microbial Population Analysis of the Salivary Glands of Ticks; A Possible Strategy for the Surveillance of Bacterial Pathogens

Yongjin Qiu, Ryo Nakao, Aiko Ohnuma, +2

PLoS ONE

Pathogen DetectionRickettsiologyBacterial PathogensVector-borne PathogenTick-borne Disease +16

High prevalence of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Amblyomma variegatum from Uganda and their identification using sizes of intergenic spacers

Ryo Nakao, Yongjin Qiu, Manabu Igarashi, +4

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Vector-borne PathogenParasitic DiseaseEpidemiologyAmblyomma VariegatumZoonotic Disease +10

Diversity of spotted fever group rickettsiae and their association with host ticks in Japan

May June Thu, Yongjin Qiu, Keita Matsuno, +14

Scientific Reports

The Unique Phylogenetic Position of a Novel Tick-Borne Phlebovirus Ensures an Ixodid Origin of the Genus <i>Phlebovirus</i>

Keita Matsuno, Masahiro Kajihara, Ryo Nakao, +13

mSphere

Human Borreliosis Caused by a New World Relapsing Fever Borrelia–like Organism in the Old World

Yongjin Qiu, Ryo Nakao, Bernard M. Hang’ombe, +12

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Marburgvirus in Egyptian Fruit Bats, Zambia

Masahiro Kajihara, Bernard M. Hang’ombe, Katendi Changula, +17

Emerging infectious diseases

Seroprevalence of Filovirus Infection of Rousettus aegyptiacus Bats in Zambia

Katendi Changula, Masahiro Kajihara, Akina Mori‐Kajihara, +23

The Journal of Infectious Diseases

Tick-borne haemoparasites and Anaplasmataceae in domestic dogs in Zambia

Yongjin Qiu, Chiho Kaneko, Masahiro Kajihara, +10

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Zoonotic DiseaseTick-borne HaemoparasitesVeterinary ScienceParasitologyTick-borne Disease

Discovery of Mwinilunga alphavirus: A novel alphavirus in Culex mosquitoes in Zambia

Shiho Torii, Yasuko Orba, Bernard M. Hang’ombe, +15

Virus Research

Insect VirusVirus PhylogenyCulex MosquitoesVirologyNovel Alphavirus +3

Putative RNA viral sequences detected in an Ixodes scapularis-derived cell line

Ryo Nakao, Keita Matsuno, Yongjin Qiu, +8

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Viral ReplicationMolecular VirologyPathogenesisImmunologyVirology +5