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Analysis of the mosquito-borne infection mechanism of Elizabethkingia spp.
Objectives
The main goal of this study is to isolate Elizabethkingia spp. from mosquitoes from Japan and Thailand, clarify their molecular epidemiological characteristics, and elucidate how EKA coexists with mosquitoes, how it is transmitted from mosquitoes to humans, and how it causes pathogenicity in humans.
Bacterial infections caused by Elizabethkingia anofelis (EKA) have been isolated from medical facilities around the world. Most EKA infections are isolated from blood samples, and many of them are multidrug-resistant, making them a major threat in medical settings. This bacterium was isolated from the midgut of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae mosquito, but since then, no isolation from arthropods has been reported.
Apr 2024 — Mar 2027
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