Hiroki Kawabata

Tokyo, Japan

Last Updated: 09/26/2026

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Detection of suitable habitat areas in Japan of the Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis vectors Ixodes ovatus and Ixodes persulcatus based on abiotic factors.

Detection of suitable habitat areas in Japan of the Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis vectors Ixodes ovatus and Ixodes persulcatus based on abiotic factors.

Journal: Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases

Published: April 16, 2026

Epidemiology of Lyme disease, a growing tick-borne disease of concern, in Japan from May 2013 to March 2024: a descriptive study.

Epidemiology of Lyme disease, a growing tick-borne disease of concern, in Japan from May 2013 to March 2024: a descriptive study.

Journal: IJID regions

Published: March 24, 2026

Natural genetic variation impacts complement inhibitory activity of PFam54 orthologs of Asian Borrelia bavariensis.

Natural genetic variation impacts complement inhibitory activity of PFam54 orthologs of Asian Borrelia bavariensis.

Journal: Scientific reports

Published: November 04, 2025

Antigenic variation is caused by long plasmid segment conversion in a hard tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia miyamotoi.

Antigenic variation is caused by long plasmid segment conversion in a hard tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia miyamotoi.

Journal: PLoS pathogens

Published: June 08, 2025

Natural selection and recombination at host-interacting lipoprotein loci drive genome diversification of Lyme disease and related bacteria.

Natural selection and recombination at host-interacting lipoprotein loci drive genome diversification of Lyme disease and related bacteria.

Journal: mBio

Published: August 15, 2024

A wide distribution of Beiji nairoviruses and related viruses in Ixodes ticks in Japan.

A wide distribution of Beiji nairoviruses and related viruses in Ixodes ticks in Japan.

Journal: Ticks and tick-borne diseases

Published: May 08, 2024

Unprecedented genetic variability of PFam54 paralogs among Eurasian Lyme borreliosis-causing spirochetes.

Unprecedented genetic variability of PFam54 paralogs among Eurasian Lyme borreliosis-causing spirochetes.

Journal: Ecology and evolution

Published: September 08, 2023

Genome Sequence of a Clinical Isolate of the Human Pathogenic Strain "Candidatus Borrelia fainii" Qtaro.

Genome Sequence of a Clinical Isolate of the Human Pathogenic Strain "Candidatus Borrelia fainii" Qtaro.

Journal: Microbiology resource announcements

Published: April 19, 2023

Detection of Old and New World Relapsing Fever Borreliae in Ornithodoros Ticks Collected from Warthog Burrows in Zambia.

Detection of Old and New World Relapsing Fever Borreliae in Ornithodoros Ticks Collected from Warthog Burrows in Zambia.

Journal: Microorganisms

Published: December 12, 2022

Serologic Evidence of Human Exposure to Ehrlichiosis Agents in Japan.

Serologic Evidence of Human Exposure to Ehrlichiosis Agents in Japan.

Journal: Emerging infectious diseases

Published: October 26, 2022

Candidatus Lariskella arthopodarum endosymbiont is the main factor differentiating the microbiome communities of female and male Borrelia-positive Ixodes persulcatus ticks.

Candidatus Lariskella arthopodarum endosymbiont is the main factor differentiating the microbiome communities of female and male Borrelia-positive Ixodes persulcatus ticks.

Journal: Ticks and tick-borne diseases

Published: May 04, 2022

Co-infection of tick-borne bacterial pathogens in ticks in Inner Mongolia, China.

Co-infection of tick-borne bacterial pathogens in ticks in Inner Mongolia, China.

Journal: PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Published: February 24, 2022

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Last Updated: 09/26/2026