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There was a suspicion of\n                    <jats:italic>Rickettsia japonica<\/jats:italic>\n                    infected ticks reaching the non-endemic Niigata Prefecture after a confirmed case of Japanese spotted fever in July 2014. Therefore, from 2015 to 2017, 38 sites were surveyed and rickettsial pathogens were investigated in ticks from north to south of Niigata Prefecture including Sado island. A total of 3336 ticks were collected and identified revealing ticks of three genera and ten species:\n                    <jats:italic>Dermacentor taiwanensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Haemaphysalis flava<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Haemaphysalis hystricis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Haemaphysalis longicornis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Haemaphysalis megaspinosa<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Ixodes columnae<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Ixodes monospinosus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Ixodes nipponensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Ixodes ovatus,<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Ixodes persulcatus<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Investigation of rickettsial DNA showed no ticks infected by\n                    <jats:italic>R. japonica<\/jats:italic>\n                    . However, three species of spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) were found in ticks,\n                    <jats:italic>R. asiatica<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>R. helvetica,<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>R. monacensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , confirming Niigata Prefecture as a new endemic area to SFGR. 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