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              Review 
              
              
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              4. 
				
				Anaplasma 
				
				species of veterinary 
				importance in Japan -
				
				
				Adrian Patalinghug Ybañez
				
				
				and Hisashi Inokuma 
              
              Veterinary World, 9(11): 1190-1196   
              
   
                
                
doi: 
              
				
				10.14202/vetworld.2016.1190-1196 
                
				  
				
				Adrian Patalinghug Ybañez:
				
              
              	Biology and 
				Environmental Studies Program, Sciences Cluster, University of 
				the Philippines Cebu, Lahug, Cebu City 6000, Philippines; 
				dr.adrianpybanez@gmail.com 
				
				Hisashi Inokuma:
				
              
              Department of 
				Veterinary Clinical Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture 
				and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Inada Cho, Hokkaido 080-8555, 
				Japan; inokuma@obihiro.ac.jp   
				
				Received: 14-06-2016, Accepted: 28-09-2016, Published online: 
				04-11-2016   
				
              	
              	Corresponding author: 
              	Adrian 
				Patalinghug Ybañez, e-mail: dr.adrianpybanez@gmail.com 
 
              Citation: 
				
				Ybañez AP, Inokuma H (2016) Anaplasma species of 
				veterinary importance in Japan, Veterinary World, 9(11): 
				1190-1196. 
 
              
				Abstract 
 
				Anaplasma
				
				species of the family Anaplasmataceae, order Rickettsiales are 
				tick-borne organisms that can cause disease in animals and 
				humans. In Japan, all recognized species of Anaplasma 
				(except for Anaplasma ovis) and a potentially novel 
				Anaplasma sp. closely related to Anaplasma 
				phagocytophilum have been reported. Most of these detected 
				tick-borne pathogens are believed to be lowly pathogenic in 
				animals in Japan although the zoonotic A. phagocytophilum 
				has recently been reported to cause clinical signs in a dog and 
				in humans. This review documents the studies and reports about
				Anaplasma spp. in Japan.  
				
				Keywords: 
				
				Anaplasma 
				
				spp., Japan, tick-borne pathogen. 
 
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