2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Discovery of zoonotic filariases derived from wild animals with the use of blood-sucking insects as vectors
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15K07781
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Integrative animal science
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| Research Institution | Oita University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
大塚 靖 鹿児島大学, 国際島嶼教育研究センター, 准教授 (00244161)
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| Research Collaborator |
TAKAOKA Hiroyuki
UNI Shigehiko
SAEUNG Atiporn
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 野生動物 / 人獣共通感染症 / 吸血性昆虫 / ブユ / フィラリア / オンコセルカ |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To determine the vector of Onchocerca dewittei japonica (the causative agent of zoonotic onchocercosis in Japan) from wild boar, blood source animals of black flies attracted to wild boar baits were investigated by molecular analysis. As a result, anthropophilic Simulium bidentatum, a possible natural vector of this zoonosis in Japan, was confirmed to bite wild boars and to be the vector species. Moreover, to predict and prevent zoonotic filarial infections, the fauna of black flies and their natural infections with filarial larvae were investigated in several places in Japan. This study indicates that the collection of blood-sucking insects is a useful tool for searching for zoonotic filariasis.
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| Free Research Field |
衛生動物学、医昆虫学
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