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JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES
Volume 44, Issue 1, Pages 164-167Publisher
WILDLIFE DISEASE ASSOC, INC
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.1.164
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Cervus nippon yesoensis; Japan; reservoir; Rickettsia helvetica; sika deer
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Partial nucleotide sequences of the citrate synthase and 17-kDa genes of Rickettsia helvetica were detected from peripheral blood samples of Sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) in Hokkaido, Japan. Results suggest the presence of a rickettsiemia associated wit helvetica. This is the first evidence of R. helvetica infection in Sika deer and indicates that this species may represent a potential reservoir host of R. helvetica in Japan.
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