Publication List in 2024

  1. Molecular Detection of Theileria ovis, Anaplasma ovis, and Rickettsia spp. in Rhipicephalus turanicus and Hyalomma anatolicum Collected from Sheep in Southern Xinjiang, China.
    Yongchang Li, Jianlong Li, Gulaimubaier Xieripu, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Adrian Miki C Macalanda, Lu Gan, Jichao Ren, Uday Kumar Mohanta, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Bayin Chahan, Xuenan Xuan, Qingyong Guo, Pathogens. 2024 Aug 11;13(8):680. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13080680.
  2. Preying on cyprinid snout warts (pearl organs) as a novel and peculiar habit in the Lake Malawi cichlid Docimodus evelynae.
    Yuichi Takeuchi, Hiroki Hata, Mizuki Sasaki, Andrew Mvula, Shinji Mizuhara, Bosco Rusuwa, Atsushi Maruyama, Scientific Reports. 2024 Aug 28;14(1):19300. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-69755-z.
  3. The detection of zoonotic microorganisms in Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog ticks) from Vietnam and the frequency of tick infestations in owned dogs.
    Thom Do, Linh Khanh Bui, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Tawin Inpankaew, Tanjila Hasan, Iqra Zafar, Zhuowei Ma, Li Hang, Uday Kumar Mohanta, Moaz Amer, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Xuenan Xuan, Ketsarin Kamyingkird, Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 2024 Aug 12:11:1435441. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1435441.
  4. 16S rRNA metabarcoding for the identification of tick-borne bacteria in ticks in the Republic of Korea.
    Badriah Alkathiri, Subin Lee, KyuSung Ahn, Yun Sang Cho, So Youn Youn, Kwangwon Seo, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Xuenan Xuan, Dongmi Kwak, SungShik Shin, Seung-Hun Lee, Scientific Reports. 2024 Aug 24;14(1):19708. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-70815-7.
  5. Feline vector-borne haemopathogens in Türkiye: the first molecular detection of Mycoplasma wenyonii and ongoing Babesia ovis DNA presence in unspecific hosts.
    Onur Ceylan, Zhuowei Ma, Ceylan Ceylan, Merve Ider, Ayşe Evci, Abdullah Mavinehir, Xuenan Xuan, Ferda Sevinc, BMC Veterinary Research. 2024 Aug 14;20(1):365. doi: 10.1186/s12917-024-04209-2.
  6. Evaluation of the inhibitory effects of sitamaquine on Babesia infections.
    Dongxue Ma, Karuna Sekiguchi, Eloiza May Galon, Mingming Liu, Shengwei Ji, Xuenan Xuan, Parasitology International. 2024 Dec:103:102941. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102941. 
  7. Acaricidal activity of Egyptian crude plant extracts against Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks.
    Ahmed M Abdou, Nanang R Arifeta, Abdel-Latif S Seddek, Samy Abdel-Raouf Fahim Morad, Noha Abdelmageed, Mohamed O Badry, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, PLoS One. 2024 Jul 22;19(7):e0307297. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307297.
  8. Acaricidal activity of Erigeron acer L. root against Haemaphysalis longicornis and phytochemical profiling by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
    Orkhon Banzragchgarav, Nanang R Ariefta, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Punsantsogvoo Myagmarsuren, Badgar Battsetseg, Banzragch Battur, Javzan Batkhuu, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2024 Aug 2;86(8):897-905. doi: 10.1292/jvms.24-0090.
  9. Antiparasitic Evaluation of Aquiluscidin, a Cathelicidin Obtained from Crotalus aquilus, and the Vcn-23 Derivative Peptide against Babesia bovis, B. bigemina and B. ovata.
    Edwin Esaú Hernández-Arvizu, Masahito Asada, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Carlos Agustín Vega, Angelina Rodríguez-Torres, Rodrigo Morales-García, Aldo J Pavón-Rocha, Gloria León-Ávila, Bruno Rivas-Santiago, Juan Mosqueda, Pathogens. 2024 Jun 10;13(6):496.  doi: 10.3390/pathogens13060496.
  10. Molecular prevalence and genotypic diversity of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi infecting horses in Kyrgyzstan.
    Berdikulov Atabek, Atambekova Zhyldyz, Kamarli Aitakin, Nurgaziev Rysbek, Orozov Jailobek, Believe Ahedor, Ngigi Noel Muthoni Mumbi, Yihong Ma, Davaajav Otgonsuren, Wettam Perumage Pavithra Sandamali Indrasiri Perera, Azirwan Guswanto, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Naoaki Yokoyama, Parasitology International. 2024 Oct:102:102915. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102915.
  11. Development of a novel rodent model for dog heartworm microfilaremia using the severe-combined immunodeficiency mouse.
    Mihoko Mizuseki, Nao Ikeda, Takahiro Shirozu, Maki Yamagishi, Sugao Oshiro, Shinya Fukumoto, Scientific reports. 2024 Jun 14;14(1):13741. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-63165-x.
  12. Molecular detection, risk factors, and phylogenetic analysis of tick-borne pathogens in dogs from northern Vietnam.
    T Do, K L Bui, I Zafar, T Inpankaew, M E Galon, P A Ta, K T Tran, T Hasan, J Shengwei, Z Ma, L Hang, M M Amer, Y Ma, K U Mohanta, A E S El Sayed, X Xuan, Tropical Biomedicine. 2024 Mar 1;41(1):52-63. doi: 10.47665/tb.41.1.007.
  13. Molecular detection of tick-borne piroplasmids in camel blood samples collected from Cairo and Giza governorates, Egypt.
    Moaz M Amer, Eloiza May Galon, Ahmed M Soliman, Thom Do, Iqra Zafar, Yihong Ma, Hang Li, Shengwei Ji, Uday Kumar Mohanta, Xuenan Xuan, Acta Tropica. 2024 Aug;256:107252. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107252. 
  14. Far-East Asian Toxoplasma isolates share ancestry with North and South/Central American recombinant lineages.
    Fumiaki Ihara, Hisako Kyan, Yasuhiro Takashima, Fumiko Ono, Kei Hayashi, Tomohide Matsuo, Makoto Igarashi, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Kenji Hikosaka, Hirokazu Sakamoto, Shota Nakamura, Daisuke Motooka, Kiyoshi Yamauchi, Madoka Ichikawa-Seki, Shinya Fukumoto, Motoki Sasaki, Hiromi Ikadai, Kodai Kusakisako, Yuma Ohari, Ayako Yoshida, Miwa Sasai, Michael E Grigg, Masahiro Yamamoto, Nature Communications. 2024 May 22;15(1):4278. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47625-6.
  15. First molecular survey of tick-borne protozoan and bacterial pathogens in the questing tick population in Bangladesh.
    Uday Kumar Mohanta, S M Abdullah, Al-Wasef, Boniface Chikufenji, Zhuowei Ma, Hang Li, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Moaz M Amer, Thanh Thom Do, Saiful Islam, Tilak Chandra Nath, Yongchang Li, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Qingyong Guo, Xuenan Xuan, Acta Tropica. 2024 Aug;256:107244. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107244. 
  16. Stable expression of red fluorescent protein-blasticidin deaminase fusion gene (rfp-bsd) as a selectable marker for DNA transfection in Babesia ovata.
    Nada Arayaskul, Masahito Asada, Atefeh Fathi, Nanang R Ariefta, Kota Komatsu, Keisuke Suganuma, Noboru Inoue, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2024 Jul 2;86(7):744-747. doi: 10.1292/jvms.24-0111.
  17. Evaluation of the antiplasmodial and anti-Toxoplasma activities of several Indonesian medicinal plant extracts.
    Nanang Rudianto Ariefta, Ferry Ferdiansyah Sofian, Takako Aboshi, Hadi Kuncoro, Deden Indra Dinata, Yoshihito Shiono, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2024 Sep 15:331:118269. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2024.118269.
  18. Evaluation of the antiplasmodial efficacy of synthetic 2,5-diphenyloxazole analogs of compounds naturally derived from Oxytropis lanata.
    Nanang R Ariefta, Koichi Narita, Toshihiro Murata, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance. 2024 Aug:25:100540. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2024.100540. 
  19. Molecular detection and phylogenetic analysis of tick-borne pathogens in cattle from southern Malawi.
    Boniface Chikufenji, Uday Kumar Mohanta, Kyoko Hayashida, Elisha Chatanga, Eloiza May Galon, Nathan Kamanga, Aaron Edmond Ringo, Zhuowei Ma, Xuenan Xuan, Veterinary Research Communications. 2024 Aug;48(4):2753-2760. doi: 10.1007/s11259-024-10395-z. 
  20. Aurantoside L, a New Tetramic Acid Glycoside with Anti-Leishmanial Activity Isolated from the Marine Sponge Siliquariaspongia japonica.
    Yasumoto Oyadomari, Yasuyuki Goto, Keisuke Suganuma, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Leontine E Becking, Nobuhiro Fusetani, Yoichi Nakao, Marine Drugs. 2024 Apr; 22(4): 171. doi: 10.3390/md22040171.
  21. Current advances in serological and molecular diagnosis of Schistosoma mekongi infection.
    Adrian Miki C Macalanda, Atcharaphan Wanlop, Kevin Austin L Ona, Eloiza May S Galon, Virak Khieu, Somphou Sayasone, Aya Yajima, Jose Ma M Angeles, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Tropical Medicine and Health. 2024 Apr 22;52(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s41182-024-00598-0.
  22. In vitro regulation of gene expression of pregnancy-associated proteins and cytokines in bovine endometrial epithelial cells and bovine trophoblastic cells by infection with Neospora caninum.
    Hanan H Abdelbaky, Naomi Shimoda, Ihshan Akthar, Shu Nakamura, Md Hasibul Hasan, Nanako Ushio, Akio Miyamoto, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Parasitology International. 2024 Aug:101:102898. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102898.
  23. Erratum: Ascofuranone antibiotic is a promising trypanocidal drug for nagana.
    Keisuke Suganuma, Kennedy M Mochabo, Judith K Chemuliti, Kiyoshi Kita, Noboru Inoue, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research. 2024 Mar; 91(1): 2174. doi: 10.4102/ojvr.v91i1.2174.
  24. Searching for new molecules involved in Anopheles mosquitoes’ response to Plasmodium infection.
    Asako Haraguchi, Makoto Takano, Kanta Fujiwara, Jun Hakozaki, Kazuhiko Nakayama, Sakure Nakamura, Yasunaga Yoshikawa, Shinya Fukumoto, Kodai Kusakisako, Hiromi Ikadai, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2024 May 6; 86(5): 485-492. doi: 10.1292/jvms.24-0008.
  25. Tabanus chrysurus is a potential biological vector of Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) theileri in Japan.
    Keisuke Suganuma, Eito Anma, Afraa Elata, Adrian Miki C Macalanda, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Noboru Inoue, Parasitology Research. 2024 Apr 2;123(4):174. doi: 10.1007/s00436-024-08196-z.
  26. Prophylactic activity of orally administered dry-heat-sterilized Acremonium egyptiacum against Trypanosoma congolense-induced animal African trypanosomosis.
    Ai Yamazaki, Yusuke Tanaka, Kenichi Watanabe, Mayu Sato, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Kiyoshi Kita, Noboru Inoue, Helena D Janse van Rensburg, David D N’Da, Keisuke Suganuma, Acta Tropica. 2024 Jun: 254: 107185. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107185.
  27. Tafenoquine-Based Combination Therapies: A Step Toward Babesiosis Elimination.
    Mingming Liu, Eloiza May Galon, Shengwei Ji, Xuenan Xuan, The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2024 May 15;229(5):1599-1600. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae083.
  28. Molecular identification, risk factor assessment, and phylogenetic analysis of tick-borne pathogens in symptomatic and asymptomatic cattle from South-Eastern Iran.
    Atefeh Fathi, Reza Nabavi, Vahid Noaman, Ali Sarani, Dariush Saadati, Mourad Ben Said, Abdul Ghafar, Abdul Jabbar, Alireza Sazmand, Experimental and Applied Acarology. 2024 Apr; 92(3): 479-506. doi: 10.1007/s10493-023-00886-0.
  29. Protective efficacy of recombinant Toxoplasma gondii dense granule protein 15 against toxoplasmosis in C57BL/6 mice.
    Tanjila Hasan, Naomi Shimoda, Shu Nakamura, Barbara A Fox, David J Bzik, Nanako Ushio-Watanabe, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Vaccine. 2024 Apr 2;42(9):2299-2309. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.02.062.
  30. Evaluation of Immunodiagnostic Performances of Neospora caninum Peroxiredoxin 2 (NcPrx2), Microneme 4 (NcMIC4), and Surface Antigen 1 (NcSAG1) Recombinant Proteins for Bovine Neosporosis.
    Ruenruetai Udonsom, Poom Adisakwattana, Supaluk Popruk, Onrapak Reamtong, Charoonluk Jirapattharasate, Tipparat Thiangtrongjit, Sarinya Rerkyusuke, Aran Chanlun, Tanjila Hasan, Manas Kotepui, Sukhontha Siri, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Aongart Mahittikorn, Animals (Basel). 2024 Feb; 14(4): 531. doi: 10.3390/ani14040531.
  31. Epidemiology and genetic diversity of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in Mongolian horses.
    Davaajav Otgonsuren, Tovuu Amgalanbaatar, Sandagdorj Narantsatsral, Batsaikhan Enkhtaivan, Dalantai Munkhgerel, Myagmar Zoljargal, Batbold Davkharbayar, Punsantsogvoo Myagmarsuren, Banzrach Battur, Badgar Battsetseg, Thillaiampalam Sivakumar, Naoaki Yokoyama, Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 2024 Apr: 119: 105571. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2024.105571.
  32. In vitro antitrypanosomal activity of synthesized nitrofurantoin-triazole hybrids against Trypanosoma species causing animal African trypanosomosis.
    Anna Seetsi, David D N’Da, Nthatisi Nyembe, Keisuke Suganuma, Tsepo Ramatla, Oriel Thekisoe, Experimental Parasitology. 2024 Apr: 259: 108711. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2024. 108711.
  33. Molecular Identification of Babesia and Theileria Infections in Livestock in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Area, China.
    Yihong Ma, Yingna Jian, Geping Wang, Xiuping Li, Guanghua Wang, Yong Hu, Naoaki Yokoyama, Liqing Ma, Xuenan Xuan, Animals (Basel). 2024 Feb 1;14(3):476. doi: 10.3390/ani14030476.
  34. Protective effect of Inonotus obliquus polysaccharide on mice infected with Neospora caninum.
    Zeyu Tang, Suzhu Xie, Pengfei Min, Hang Li, Fanglin Zhao, Meng Liu, Weidong Jin, Longsheng Wang, Jianhao Zhao, Lijun Jia, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2024 Mar; 261(Pt 2): 129906. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024. 129906.
  35. Epidemiological Investigation of Tick-Borne Bacterial Pathogens in Domestic Animals from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Area, China.
    Yihong Ma, Yingna Jian, Geping Wang, Iqra Zafar, Xiuping Li, Guanghua Wang, Yong Hu, Naoaki Yokoyama, Liqing Ma, Xuenan Xuan, Pathogens. 2024 Jan; 13(1): 86. doi: 10.3390/ pathogens13010086.
  36. Neospora caninum surface antigen 1 is a major determinant of the pathogenesis of neosporosis in nonpregnant and pregnant mice.
    Hanan H Abdelbaky, Md Masudur Rahman, Naomi Shimoda, Yu Chen, Tanjila Hasan, Nanako Ushio, Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Frontiers in Microbiology. 2024 Jan 8:14:1334447. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1334447..
  37. Distribution of Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Heamaphysalis elliptica dog ticks and pathogens they are carrying: A systematic review.
    Clara-Lee Van Wyk, Senzo Mtshali, Tsepo Ramatla, Kgaugelo E Lekota, Xuenan Xuan, Oriel Thekisoe, Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports. 2024 Jan: 47: 100969. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr. 2023.100969.
  38. Molecular survey of canine tick-borne pathogens in ticks and stray dogs in Dhaka city, Bangladesh.
    Uday Kumar Mohanta, Manwana Pemba Marguerite, Shengwei Ji, Zhuowei Ma, Hang Li, Shimaa Abd El-Salam El-Sayed, Moaz M Amer, Boniface Chikufenji, Thanh Thom Do, Onur Ceylan, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Xuenan Xuan, Parasitology International. 2024 Jan: 100: 102860. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102860.
  39. First report of dog ticks and tick-borne pathogens they are carrying in Malawi.
    Boniface Chikufenji, Elisha Chatanga, Eloiza May Galon, Uday Kumar Mohanta, Gift Mdzukulu, Yihong Ma, Madalitso Nkhata, Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji, Xuenan Xuan, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science.2024 Feb 8;86(2):150-159. doi: 10.1292/jvms.23-0397.
  40. In vitro trypanocidal potency and in vivo treatment efficacy of oligomeric ethylene glycol-tethered nitrofurantoin derivatives.
    Helena D Janse van Rensburg, David D N’Da, Keisuke Suganuma, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2024 Jan 1:192:106668. doi: 10.1016/j.ejps.2023.106668. 
  41. Expression profile analysis of the transient receptor potential (TRPM) channel, a possible target of praziquantel in Schistosoma japonicum.
    Kaho Shinozaki, Masashi Kirinoki, Wanlop Atcharaphan, Ken-Ichi Watanabe, Yuma Ohari, Saki Suguta, Kevin Austin L Ona, Nanako Ushio, Adrian Miki C Macalanda, Keisuke Suganuma, Noboru Inoue, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Parasitology International.2024 Apr: 99: 102833. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2023.102833.
  42. Molecular detection and internal transcribed spacer-1 sequence diversity of Trypanosoma evansi in goats from Cavite, Philippines.
    Adrian Miki C Macalanda, Eloiza May S Galon, Vernadyn A Morillo, Atcharaphan Wanlop, Kevin Austin L Ona, Xuenan Xuan, Noboru Inoue, Shin-Ichiro Kawazu, Keisuke Suganuma, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 2024 Jan 10;86(1):35-38. doi: 10.1292/jvms.23-0416.
  43. Anti-babesial activity of a series of 6,7-dimethoxyquinazoline-2,4-diamines (DMQDAs).
    Shengwei Ji, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Eloiza May Galon, El-Sayed El-Alfy, Yuki Mizukawa, Masayoshi Kojima, Mayumi Ikegami-Kawai, Motohiro Kaya, Mingming Liu, Isamu Itoh, Xuenan Xuan, Acta Tropica. 2024 Jan: 249: 107069. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2023. 107069.　
  44. Tick-borne pathogens in camels: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence in dromedaries.
    El-Sayed El-Alfy, Ibrahim Abbas, Somaya Saleh, Rana Elseadawy, Ragab M Fereig, Mohamed Abdo Rizk, Xuenan Xuan, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases. 2024 Jan; 15(1): 102268. doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2023.102268.