Research Projects

Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

Tick prevalence investigation and determination of pathogens in the ticks

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Grant number
16K00569
Japan Grant Number (JGN)
JP16K00569
Grant amount
(Total)
4,810,000 Japanese Yen
(Direct funding)
3,700,000 Japanese Yen
(Indirect funding)
1,110,000 Japanese Yen

Tick collection was conducted during 2016 to 2018, and tick prevalence Niigata prefecture was reviled. 10 tick species were recorded in this research. Some of them are ticks in hot area, and have never seen in Niigata in 1950's. Tick born diseases pathogens; Rickettsia spp. and Borrelia spp. detection was done, and host-pathogen specificity was observed. 3 species of Rickettsia were detected, namely R. asiatica, R. helvetica, R. monacensis. For Borrelia, B. japonica,B. miyamotoi and unknown species of Borrelia were detected from collected ticks.

Link information
Kaken Url
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/file/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16K00569/16K00569seika.pdf
KAKEN
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-16K00569
ID information
  • Grant number : 16K00569
  • Japan Grant Number (JGN) : JP16K00569

List of results of the research project

Papers

  4

Books and Other Publications

  1
  • (Role: Joint author, Chapter 51: The expansion of Japanese spotted fever and the complex group of spotted fever group rickettsia in Japan)
    CABI, Nov, 2021