Beyond the usual suspects: Uncovering less-recognized pathogenic bacteria in Ghanaian blood-feeding Amblyomma variegatum ticks using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing
Year: 2025
Type: article
Language: en
Topic: Vector-borne infectious diseases
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Jennifer Afua Afrifa Yamoah
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan; Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute, Adenta-Frafraha, Accra, Ghana
raw_author_name: Kofi Dadzie Kwofie
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
raw_author_name: Jewelna Akorli
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Science University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
raw_author_name: Danielle Ladzekpo
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan; Department of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Science University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
raw_author_name: Hayato Kawada
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
raw_author_name: Kwadwo Yeboah Boateng
raw_affiliation_strings: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute, Adenta-Frafraha, Accra, Ghana; International Institute for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan
raw_author_name: Julius Beyuo
raw_affiliation_strings: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute, Adenta-Frafraha, Accra, Ghana
raw_author_name: Antoinette Keleve
raw_affiliation_strings: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute, Adenta-Frafraha, Accra, Ghana
raw_author_name: Jonas Bedford Danquah
raw_affiliation_strings: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute, Adenta-Frafraha, Accra, Ghana
raw_author_name: Christopher Tawiah-Mensah
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Science University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
raw_author_name: Jane Ansah-Owusu
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Science University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
raw_author_name: Samuel Kweku Dadzie
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Parasitology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Science University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
raw_author_name: Paul Amponsah Wallace
raw_affiliation_strings: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Animal Research Institute, Adenta-Frafraha, Accra, Ghana
raw_author_name: Naotoshi Tsuji
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
raw_author_name: Takeshi Hatta
raw_affiliation_strings: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. Electronic address: htakeshi@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp