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¹ Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, Obihiro University of Veterinary Medicine & Agriculture, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan;
² Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan;
³ Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo 183-8509, Japan;
⁴ Kansai Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Kyoto 612-0855, Japan;
⁵ Nishi-Okoppe Wildlife Association, Nishi-Okoppe 098-1422, Japan;
⁶ Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-0121, Japan
⁸ Corresponding author (email: inokuma{at}obihiro.ac.jp)

ABSTRACT:   Partial nucleotide sequences of the citrate synthase and 17-kDa genes of Rickettsia helvetica were detected from peripheral blood samples of Sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) in Hokkaido, Japan. Results suggest the presence of a rickettsiemia associated with R. helvetica. This is the first evidence of R. helvetica infection in Sika deer and indicates that this species may represent a potential reservoir host of R. helvetica in Japan.
  Key words:  Cervus nippon yesoensis, Japan, reservoir, Rickettsia helvetica, Sika deer.

⁷ Current address: Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan;