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

  Authors:Yongjin Qiu, Ryo Nakao, Aiko Ohnuma, Fumihiko Kawamori, and Chihiro SugimotoFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 4, 20146,128 words Article 1430LTicks are one of the most important blood-sucking vectors for infectious microorganisms in humans and animals. When feeding they inject saliva, containing microbes, into the host to facilitate the uptake of blood. An...

• Horizontally Transferred Genetic Elements in the Tsetse Fly Genome: An Alignment-Free Clustering Approach Using Batch Learning Self-Organising Map (BLSOM)

  Authors:Ryo Nakao, Takashi Abe, Shunsuke Funayama, and Chihiro SugimotoFrom:BioMed Research InternationalPeer-Reviewed

  Annual 20165,147 words Article 1500LTsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are the primary vectors of trypanosomes, which can cause human and animal African trypanosomiasis in Sub-Saharan African countries. The objective of this study was to explore the genome of...

• Characterization of a Surface Glycoprotein from Echinococcus multilocularis and Its Mucosal Vaccine Potential in Dogs

  Authors:Hirokazu Kouguchi, Jun Matsumoto, Ryo Nakao, Kimiaki Yamano, Yuzaburo Oku, and Kinpei YagiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 23, 20137,450 words Article 1420LAuthor(s): Hirokazu Kouguchi 1, Jun Matsumoto 2, Ryo Nakao 3, Kimiaki Yamano 1, Yuzaburo Oku 4, Kinpei Yagi 1,* Introduction Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a serious public health problem in many endemic regions...