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Minoru Nakao
Researcher at Asahikawa Medical University
Publications - 229
Citations - 9176
Minoru Nakao is an academic researcher from Asahikawa Medical University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Taenia solium & Taenia. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 221 publications receiving 8375 citations. Previous affiliations of Minoru Nakao include Fukuyama University & Asahikawa Medical College.
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A molecular phylogeny of the genus Echinococcus inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes
TL;DR: Host-parasite co-evolution comparisons suggest that the ancestral homeland of Echinococcus was North America or Asia, depending on whether the ancestral definitive hosts were canids or felids.
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Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Borrelia miyamotoi sp. nov., Isolated from the Ixodid Tick Ixodes persulcatus, the Vector for Lyme Disease in Japan
Masahito Fukunaga,Yukie Takahashi,Yasuto Tsuruta,Osamu Matsushita,David Ralph,Michael McClelland,Minoru Nakao +6 more
TL;DR: The results showed that isolate HT31T is only distantly related to both previously described Lyme disease borreliae and relapsing fever borReliae, and proposes the name Borrelia miyamotoi sp.
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Genetic characterization and phylogenetic position of Echinococcus felidis (Cestoda: Taeniidae) from the African lion.
Marion Hüttner,Marion Hüttner,Minoru Nakao,Torsten Wassermann,Ludwig Siefert,J. Boomker,Anke Dinkel,Yasuhito Sako,Ute Mackenstedt,Thomas Romig,Akira Ito +10 more
TL;DR: Taeniid eggs from lion feces in Uganda and amplified DNA from individual eggs indicated the presence of a distinct species of E. granulosus felidis, which had been identified morphologically approximately 40 years ago in South Africa.
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Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae)
TL;DR: The orthodox taxonomy of Echinococcus established from morphological criteria has been revised from the standpoint of phylogenetic systematics and nine valid species including newly resurrected taxa are recognised as a result of the revision.
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DNA differential diagnosis of taeniasis and cysticercosis by multiplex PCR
Hiroshi Yamasaki,J. C. Allan,Marcello Otake Sato,Minoru Nakao,Yasuhito Sako,Kazuhiro Nakaya,Dongchuan Qiu,Wulamu Mamuti,Philip S. Craig,Akira Ito +9 more
TL;DR: The application of the multiplex PCR would be useful not only for surveillance of taeniasis and cysticercosis control but also for the molecular epidemiological survey of these cestode infections.