Minoru Nakao

Asahikawa, Japan

Last Updated: 09/26/2026

Save publications for later

Sign Up

Not sure about your diagnosis?

Check Your Symptoms

Found 83 publications

Redescription of Cosmocercoides pulcher Wilkie, 1930 (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) from Japanese Bufo spp., with potential cryptic diversity.

Redescription of Cosmocercoides pulcher Wilkie, 1930 (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) from Japanese Bufo spp., with potential cryptic diversity.

Journal: Parasitology international

Published: November 11, 2025

Detection of Tick-Borne Microorganisms, Anaplasmataceae and Piroplasmida, in Sorex spp. in Hokkaido, Japan.

Detection of Tick-Borne Microorganisms, Anaplasmataceae and Piroplasmida, in Sorex spp. in Hokkaido, Japan.

Journal: Microorganisms

Published: July 24, 2025

The presence of Ixodes pavlovskyi and I. pavlovskyi-borne microorganisms in Rishiri Island: an ecological survey.

The presence of Ixodes pavlovskyi and I. pavlovskyi-borne microorganisms in Rishiri Island: an ecological survey.

Journal: mSphere

Published: November 06, 2023

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

Invasion of fish parasite Prosorhynchoides ozakii (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) into Lake Kasumigaura and surrounding rivers of eastern Japan.

Invasion of fish parasite Prosorhynchoides ozakii (Trematoda: Bucephalidae) into Lake Kasumigaura and surrounding rivers of eastern Japan.

Journal: Diseases of aquatic organisms

Published: November 17, 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

REDISCOVERY OF MICHAJLOVIA TURDI (DIGENEA: BRACHYLAIMOIDEA) FROM JAPAN.

REDISCOVERY OF MICHAJLOVIA TURDI (DIGENEA: BRACHYLAIMOIDEA) FROM JAPAN.

Journal: The Journal of parasitology

Published: March 10, 2022

Three species of Exorchis Kobayashi, 1921 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) in the East-Asian region: morphological and molecular data.

Three species of Exorchis Kobayashi, 1921 (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) in the East-Asian region: morphological and molecular data.

Journal: Parasitology

Published: January 21, 2022

PHILOPHTHALMUS HECHINGERI N. SP. (DIGENEA: PHILOPHTHALMIDAE), A HUMAN-INFECTING EYE FLUKE FROM THE ASIAN MUD SNAIL, BATILLARIA ATTRAMENTARIA.

PHILOPHTHALMUS HECHINGERI N. SP. (DIGENEA: PHILOPHTHALMIDAE), A HUMAN-INFECTING EYE FLUKE FROM THE ASIAN MUD SNAIL, BATILLARIA ATTRAMENTARIA.

Journal: The Journal of parasitology

Published: January 17, 2022

Resolution of cryptic species complexes within the genus Metagonimus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Japan, with descriptions of four new species.

Resolution of cryptic species complexes within the genus Metagonimus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Japan, with descriptions of four new species.

Journal: Parasitology international

Published: January 12, 2022

Phylogeography of Rhabdias spp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) collected from Bufo species in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, Japan including possible cryptic species.

Phylogeography of Rhabdias spp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) collected from Bufo species in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, Japan including possible cryptic species.

Journal: Parasitology international

Published: November 03, 2021

An unknown species of Leucochloridium (Trematoda: Leucochloridiidae) from northern Honshu, Japan.

An unknown species of Leucochloridium (Trematoda: Leucochloridiidae) from northern Honshu, Japan.

Journal: Parasitology international

Published: September 27, 2021

Showing 1-12 of 83

Last Updated: 09/26/2026