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Animal Science and Veterinary
Japan
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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67
Citations
12980
World Ranking
217
National Ranking
4

Microbiology

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66
Citations
12738
World Ranking
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National Ranking
85

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Japan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Minoru Nakao is affiliated with Asahikawa Medical University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on parasitology, environmental science, and agricultural and biological sciences, with a notable emphasis on parasite biology and host interactions.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the understanding of parasite diversity, helminth infections, and vector-borne infectious diseases. Their work intersects multiple subfields including ecology, parasitology, infectious diseases, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Minoru Nakao include Mizuki Sasaki, Robert E. Rollins, Hiroki Kawabata, Noémie S. Becker, and Yuma Ohari.

The primary venues for Nakao's publications are:

  • Parasitology International
  • Journal of Parasitology
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Parasitology

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Minoru Nakao include:

  • "Trematode diversity in freshwater snails from a stopover point for migratory waterfowls in Hokkaido, Japan: An assessment by molecular phylogenetic and population genetic analyses", 2021, Parasitology International
  • "Resolution of cryptic species complexes within the genus Metagonimus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Japan, with descriptions of four new species", 2022, Parasitology International

Other notable works closely related to Nakao's research interests but authored by others in the network include:

  • "Phylogeography of Rhabdias spp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) collected from Bufo species in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, Japan including possible cryptic species", 2022, Parasitology International
  • "Out of Asia? Expansion of Eurasian Lyme borreliosis causing genospecies display unique evolutionary trajectories", 2022, Molecular Ecology
  • "Brachylaima phaedusae n. sp. (Trematoda: Brachylaimidae) from door snails in Japan", 2021, Parasitology International

The research topics covered by Minoru Nakao include:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Helminth infection and control
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Study of Mite Species
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

This profile highlights a multidisciplinary approach integrating molecular phylogenetics, population genetics, and taxonomy in the study of parasitic organisms and their ecological interactions within Japanese and broader East Asian ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • A molecular phylogeny of the genus Echinococcus inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes

    M. Nakao;D. P. McMANUS;P. M. Schantz;P. S. Craig

  • Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Borrelia miyamotoi sp. nov., Isolated from the Ixodid Tick Ixodes persulcatus, the Vector for Lyme Disease in Japan

    Masahito Fukunaga;Yukie Takahashi;Yasuto Tsuruta;Osamu Matsushita

  • Genetic characterization and phylogenetic position of Echinococcus felidis (Cestoda: Taeniidae) from the African lion.

    Marion Hüttner;Marion Hüttner;Minoru Nakao;Torsten Wassermann;Ludwig Siefert

  • Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae)

    Minoru Nakao;Antti Lavikainen;Tetsuya Yanagida;Akira Ito

  • DNA differential diagnosis of taeniasis and cysticercosis by multiplex PCR

    Hiroshi Yamasaki;James C. Allan;Marcello Otake Sato;Minoru Nakao

  • Echinococcus shiquicus n. sp., a taeniid cestode from Tibetan fox and plateau pika in China.

    Ning Xiao;Jiamin Qiu;Minoru Nakao;Tiaoying Li

  • A phylogenetic hypothesis for the distribution of two genotypes of the pig tapeworm Taenia solium worldwide.

    M. Nakao;M. Okamoto;Y. Sako;H. Yamasaki

  • Human taeniasis and cysticercosis in Asia

    Akira Ito;Minoru Nakao;Toni Wandra

  • Geographic pattern of genetic variation in the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis.

    Minoru Nakao;Ning Xiao;Munehiro Okamoto;Tetsuya Yanagida

  • Mitochondrial genetic code in cestodes

    Minoru Nakao;Yasuhito Sako;Noriko Yokoyama;Masahito Fukunaga

  • State-of-the-art Echinococcus and Taenia: phylogenetic taxonomy of human-pathogenic tapeworms and its application to molecular diagnosis.

    Minoru Nakao;Tetsuya Yanagida;Munehiro Okamoto;Jenny Knapp

  • Molecular phylogeny of the genus Taenia (Cestoda: Taeniidae): proposals for the resurrection of Hydatigera Lamarck, 1816 and the creation of a new genus Versteria.

    Minoru Nakao;Antti Lavikainen;Takashi Iwaki;Voitto Haukisalmi;Voitto Haukisalmi

  • Molecular Characterization and Diagnostic Value of Taenia solium Low-Molecular-Weight Antigen Genes

    Yasuhito Sako;Minoru Nakao;Takashi Ikejima;Xian Zhi Piao

  • Mitochondrial phylogeny of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae) with emphasis on relationships among Echinococcus canadensis genotypes.

    Minoru Nakao;Tetsuya Yanagida;Sergey Konyaev;Antti Lavikainen

  • Genetic polymorphisms of Echinococcus tapeworms in China as determined by mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

    Minoru Nakao;Tiaoying Li;Tiaoying Li;Xiumin Han;Xiumin Ma;Xiumin Ma;Xiumin Ma

  • MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF IXODID TICKS BASED ON THE RIBOSOMAL DNA SPACER, INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2, SEQUENCES

    Masahito Fukunaga;Mihe Yabuki;Akiko Hamase;James H. Oliver;James H. Oliver

  • Phylogenetic relationships within Echinococcus and Taenia tapeworms (Cestoda: Taeniidae): An inference from nuclear protein-coding genes

    Jenny Knapp;Minoru Nakao;Tetsuya Yanagida;Munehiro Okamoto

  • Genetic polymorphisms of Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto in the Middle East.

    Tetsuya Yanagida;Tahereh Mohammadzadeh;Shaden Kamhawi;Minoru Nakao

  • Human infections with Borrelia miyamotoi, Japan.

    Kozue Sato;Ai Takano;Satoru Konnai;Minoru Nakao

  • Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Differentiation and Rapid Detection of Taenia Species

    Agathe Nkouawa;Yasuhito Sako;Minoru Nakao;Kazuhiro Nakaya

  • Borrelia tanukii Sp. Nov. and Borrelia turdae Sp. Nov. Found from Ixodid Ticks in Japan: Rapid Species Identification by 16S rRNA Gene‐Targeted PCR Analysis

    Masahito Fukunaga;Akiko Hamase;Keiji Okada;Minoru Nakao

Frequent Co-Authors

Akira Ito
Akira Ito Asahikawa Medical University
Tetsuya Yanagida
Tetsuya Yanagida Yamaguchi University
Philip S. Craig
Philip S. Craig University of Salford
Munehiro Okamoto
Munehiro Okamoto Kyoto University
Marcello Otake Sato
Marcello Otake Sato Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences
Antti Lavikainen
Antti Lavikainen University of Helsinki
Patrick Giraudoux
Patrick Giraudoux University of Franche-Comté
Toni Wandra
Toni Wandra Universitas Sari Mutiara Indonesia - (USM-Indonesia)
Voitto Haukisalmi
Voitto Haukisalmi University of Helsinki
Marshall W. Lightowlers
Marshall W. Lightowlers University of Melbourne

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