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Soichi Maruyama

Soichi Maruyama

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Japan
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
35
Citations
4837
World Ranking
1724
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Soichi Maruyama is affiliated with Nihon University in Japan and focuses on research within the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields, with publications largely concentrated in Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Virology, and Genetics.

Their research topics cover:

  • Bartonella species infections research
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Rabies epidemiology and control
  • Streptococcal infections and treatments
  • Interstitial lung diseases and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

Notable recent papers by Maruyama include:

  • "Genetics of randomly bred cats support the cradle of cat domestication being in the Near East," 2022, published in Heredity
  • "Lipoptena fortisetosa as a vector of Bartonella bacteria in Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon)," 2021, published in Parasites & Vectors
  • "Detection and phylogenetic analysis of Bartonella species from bat flies on eastern bent-wing bats (Miniopterus fuliginosus) in Japan," 2020, published in Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • "Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Bartonella Spp. in Northern Bats (Eptesicus nilssonii) and Their Blood-Sucking Ectoparasites in Hokkaido, Japan," 2022, published in Microbial Ecology
  • "Isolation and genetic properties of Bartonella in eastern bent-wing bats (Miniopterus fuliginosus) in Japan," 2020, published in Infection Genetics and Evolution

The venues where Maruyama frequently publishes are:

  • Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Respirology
  • Heredity
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Microbial Ecology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Shingo Sato
  • Hidenori Kabeya
  • Kei Nabeshima
  • Kazuo Suzuki
  • R. Jory Brinkerhoff

Best Publications

  • Bartonella Spp. in Pets and Effect on Human Health

    Bruno B Chomel;Henri Jean Boulouis;Soichi Maruyama;Edward B. Breitschwerdt

  • Bartonella tamiae sp. nov., a Newly Recognized Pathogen Isolated from Three Human Patients from Thailand

    Michael Kosoy;Christina Morway;Kelly W. Sheff;Ying Bai

  • Prevalence of Arcobacter species in retail meats and antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolates in japan

    Hidenori Kabeya;Soichi Maruyama;Yukio Morita;Tomoko Ohsuga

  • Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae, Toxoplasma gondii, FIV and FeLV Infections in Domestic Cats in Japan

    Soichi Maruyama;Hidenori Kabeya;Ruriko Nakao;Shigeo Tanaka

  • Parallel Evolution of a Type IV Secretion System in Radiating Lineages of the Host-Restricted Bacterial Pathogen Bartonella

    Philipp Engel;Walter Salzburger;Marius Liesch;Chao-Chin Chang

  • Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic goats in Satun Province, Thailand.

    Sathaporn Jittapalapong;Arkom Sangvaranond;Nongnuch Pinyopanuwat;Wissanuwat Chimnoi

  • Detection of Hepatozoon canis in Stray Dogs and Cats in Bangkok, Thailand

    Sathaporn Jittapalapong;Opart Rungphisutthipongse;Soichi Maruyama;John J. Schaefer

  • Adhesive Surface Proteins of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Bind to Polystyrene, Fibronectin, and Type I and IV Collagens

    Yoshihiro Shimoji;Yohsuke Ogawa;Makoto Osaki;Hidenori Kabeya

  • Distribution of Arcobacter species among livestock in Japan.

    Hidenori Kabeya;Soichi Maruyama;Yukio Morita;Masatoshi Kubo

  • Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Bartonella Species Isolated from Wild Rodents in Japan

    Kai Inoue;Soichi Maruyama;Hidenori Kabeya;Naoyuki Yamada

  • Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in stray cats and dogs in the Bangkok metropolitan area, Thailand

    Sathaporn Jittapalapong;Burin Nimsupan;Nongnuch Pinyopanuwat;Wissanuwat Chimnoi

  • Prevalence of Bartonella henselae, Bartonella clarridgeiae and the 16S rRNA gene types of Bartonella henselae among pet cats in Japan.

    Soichi Maruyama;Yosuke Nakamura;Hidenori Kabeya;Shigeo Tanaka

  • Isolation and phylogenetic analysis of arcobacter spp. in ground chicken meat and environmental water in Japan and Thailand.

    Yukio Morita;Soichi Maruyama;Hidenori Kabeya;Sumalee Boonmar

  • Prevalence of Bartonella species and 16s rRNA gene types of Bartonella henselae from domestic cats in Thailand.

    Soichi Maruyama;Takeo Sakai;Yukio Morita;Shigeo Tanaka

  • Exotic Small Mammals as Potential Reservoirs of Zoonotic Bartonella spp.

    Kai Inoue;Soichi Maruyama;Hidenori Kabeya;Keiko Hagiya

  • Detection of Bartonella tamiae DNA in ectoparasites from rodents in Thailand and their sequence similarity with bacterial cultures from Thai patients.

    Hidenori Kabeya;James M. Colborn;Ying Bai;Kriangkrai Lerdthusnee

  • Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Toxoplasma gondii infections among pet cats in Kanagawa and Saitama Prefectures

    Soichi Maruyama;Shinya Hiraga;Eiji Yokoyama;Masayuki Naoi

  • Global distribution of Bartonella infections in domestic bovine and characterization of Bartonella bovis strains using multi-locus sequence typing.

    Ying Bai;Lile Malania;Danilo Alvarez Castillo;David Moran

  • Multispacer Typing To Study the Genotypic Distribution of Bartonella henselae Populations

    Wenjun Li;Bruno B Chomel;Soichi Maruyama;Lynn Guptil

  • Seroprevalence of Bartonella henselae and Toxoplasma gondii among healthy individuals in Thailand.

    Soichi Maruyama;Sumalee Boonmar;Yukio Morita;Takeo Sakai

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruno B Chomel
Bruno B Chomel University of California, Davis
Michael Kosoy
Michael Kosoy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sathaporn Jittapalapong
Sathaporn Jittapalapong Kasetsart University
Xuenan Xuan
Xuenan Xuan Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Hisashi Inokuma
Hisashi Inokuma University of Tokyo
Rickie W. Kasten
Rickie W. Kasten University of California, Davis
Hirokazu Kimura
Hirokazu Kimura RMIT University
Tawin Inpankaew
Tawin Inpankaew Kasetsart University
Edward B. Breitschwerdt
Edward B. Breitschwerdt North Carolina State University
Darryn L. Knobel
Darryn L. Knobel Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine

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