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Serological evidence of transmission of human influenza A and B viruses to Caspian seals (Phoca caspica)Kazue Ohishi
Otsuchi Marine Research Center, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Iwate, Japan
Microbiol Immunol 46:639-44
Otsuchi Marine Research Center, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Iwate, Japan
Microbiol Immunol 46:639-44
..Our findings indicate that seal might be a reservoir of both influenza A and B viruses originated from humans...
Pathological and serological evidence of Brucella-infection in baleen whales (Mysticeti) in the western North PacificKazue Ohishi
Otsuchi Marine Research Center, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 2-106-1, Akahama, Iwate 028-1102, Japan
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 26:125-36
Otsuchi Marine Research Center, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 2-106-1, Akahama, Iwate 028-1102, Japan
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 26:125-36
..These results strongly suggest that Brucella infection was involved in two species of baleen whales (Mysticeti) in the North Pacific...
Molecular evidence of new variant Brucella in North Pacific common minke whalesKazue Ohishi
Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology, Natsushima 2 15, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237 0061, Japan
Microbes Infect 6:1199-204
Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology, Natsushima 2 15, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237 0061, Japan
Microbes Infect 6:1199-204
..The North Pacific Brucella showed the highest similarity to North Atlantic seal strains among the known Brucella strains...
Antibodies to human-related H3 influenza A virus in Baikal seals (Phoca sibirica) and ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in RussiaKazue Ohishi
Research Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Kanagawa
Microbiol Immunol 48:905-9
Research Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Kanagawa
Microbiol Immunol 48:905-9
..One ringed seal serum sample reacted to A/seal/Massachusetts/1/80 (H7N7). The present results suggested that human-related H3 viruses were prevalent in Baikal seals and ringed seals inhabiting the central Russian Arctic...
Chimeric structure of omp2 of Brucella from Pacific common minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)Kazue Ohishi
Research Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Microbiol Immunol 49:789-93
Research Program for Marine Biology and Ecology, Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Microbiol Immunol 49:789-93
..Thus, Pacific whale Brucella omp2 genes are chimeras between marine and terrestrial strains...
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