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Overview

Xuenan Xuan is affiliated with Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine in Japan. Their research activity spans multiple interconnected fields, mainly focusing on immunology and microbiology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences.

The main areas of study pursued by Xuan include parasitology, infectious diseases, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics. Additionally, their research touches on insect science and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

The scientific topics most frequently addressed in their work are:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral infections and vectors
  • Vector-borne animal diseases
  • Insect and pesticide research
  • Toxoplasma gondii research studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect pest control strategies

Xuan has published consistently in several notable scientific venues. The most frequent journals of publication include:

  • Pathogens
  • Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Parasitology International
  • Animals

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Xuan include:

  • "Primary Tick-Borne Protozoan and Rickettsial Infections of Animals in Turkey" (2021, Pathogens)
  • "Tafenoquine Is a Promising Drug Candidate for the Treatment of Babesiosis" (2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
  • "Molecular detection of genotypes and subtypes of Cryptosporidium infection in diarrheic calves, lambs, and goat kids from Turkey" (2020, Parasitology International)
  • "Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium species in poultry in Bangladesh" (2020, One Health)
  • "First Molecular Detection of Babesia ovis, Theileria spp., Anaplasma spp., and Ehrlichia ruminantium in Goats from Western Uganda" (2020, Pathogens)

Xuan has collaborated extensively with several researchers in their field. The most frequent co-authors include:

  • Eloiza May Galon
  • Shengwei Ji
  • Jixu Li
  • Mingming Liu
  • Paul Franck Adjou Moumouni

Best Publications

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

    Soichi Maruyama;Hidenori Kabeya;Ruriko Nakao;Shigeo Tanaka

  • Molecular and serological prevalence of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in water buffaloes in the northeast region of Thailand.

    Mohamad Alaa Terkawi;Nguyen Xuan Huyen;Cao Shinuo;Tawin Inpankaew

  • Emergence of multi-acaricide resistant Rhipicephalus ticks and its implication on chemical tick control in Uganda

    Patrick Vudriko;Patrick Vudriko;James Okwee-Acai;Dickson Stuart Tayebwa;Joseph Byaruhanga

  • Fatal experimental transplacental Babesia gibsoni infections in dogs.

    Shinya Fukumoto;Hiroshi Suzuki;Ikuo Igarashi;Xuenan Xuan

  • Intra-specific diversity of Serratia marcescens in Anopheles mosquito midgut defines Plasmodium transmission capacity

    Hironori Bando;Kiyoshi Okado;Kiyoshi Okado;Wamdaogo M. Guelbeogo;Athanase Badolo

  • Multiple vitellogenins from the Haemaphysalis longicornis tick are crucial for ovarian development.

    Damdinsuren Boldbaatar;Rika Umemiya-Shirafuji;Min Liao;Tetsuya Tanaka

  • Prevention of vertical transmission of Neospora caninum in BALB/c mice by recombinant vaccinia virus carrying NcSRS2 gene.

    Yoshifumi Nishikawa;Xuenan Xuan;Hideyuki Nagasawa;Ikuo Igarashi

  • A Review on Equine Piroplasmosis: Epidemiology, Vector Ecology, Risk Factors, Host Immunity, Diagnosis and Control.

    ThankGod E Onyiche;Keisuke Suganuma;Ikuo Igarashi;Naoaki Yokoyama

  • Molecular cloning and functional characterization of an aspartic protease from the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis.

    Damdinsuren Boldbaatar;Chummy Sikalizyo Sikasunge;Badgar Battsetseg;Xuenan Xuan

  • Toxoplasma gondii: Sensitive and rapid detection of infection by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method

    Houshuang Zhang;Oriel M.M. Thekisoe;Gabriel O. Aboge;Hisako Kyan

  • Protective efficacy of vaccination by recombinant vaccinia virus against Neospora caninum infection.

    Yoshifumi Nishikawa;Noboru Inoue;Xuenan Xuan;Hideyuki Nagasawa

  • Serodiagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in cats by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant SAG1

    Elikira N. Kimbita;Xuenan Xuan;Xiaohong Huang;Takayuki Miyazawa

  • A Cysteine Protease Is Critical for Babesia spp. Transmission in Haemaphysalis Ticks

    Naotoshi Tsuji;Takeharu Miyoshi;Badger Battsetseg;Tomohide Matsuo;Tomohide Matsuo

  • Babesial Vector Tick Defensin against Babesia sp. Parasites

    Naotoshi Tsuji;Badgar Battsetseg;Damdinsuren Boldbaatar;Takeharu Miyoshi

  • Serodiagnosis of Neospora caninum infection in cattle by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with recombinant truncated NcSAG1

    Bayin Chahan;Irungu Gaturaga;Xiaohong Huang;Min Liao

  • Short Report: Prevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii Antibodies in Northern Egypt

    Hany M. Ibrahim;Penglong Huang;Tarek A. Salem;Roba M. Talaat

  • Detection of natural infection of Boophilus microplus with Babesia equi and Babesia caballi in Brazilian horses using nested polymerase chain reaction.

    Badgar Battsetseg;Badgar Battsetseg;Susana Lucero;Xuenan Xuan;Florencia G Claveria;Florencia G Claveria

  • Detection of Babesia caballi and Babesia equi in Dermacentor nuttalli adult ticks

    Badgar Battsetseg;Xuenan Xuan;Hiromi Ikadai;Jose Luis Rodriguez Bautista

  • A secreted cystatin from the tick Haemaphysalis longicornis and its distinct expression patterns in relation to innate immunity

    Jinlin Zhou;Mami Ueda;Rika Umemiya;Badgar Battsetseg

  • Dissemination of extracellular and intracellular Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites in the blood flow.

    Akihiro Unno;Kazuhiko Suzuki;Xuenan Xuan;Yoshifumi Nishikawa

  • Common inheritance of chromosome Ia associated with clonal expansion of Toxoplasma gondii

    Asis Khan;Ulrike Böhme;Krystyna A. Kelly;Ellen Adlem

Frequent Co-Authors

Ikuo Igarashi
Ikuo Igarashi Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Kozo Fujisaki
Kozo Fujisaki National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Hiroshi Suzuki
Hiroshi Suzuki Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Naoaki Yokoyama
Naoaki Yokoyama Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Chihiro Sugimoto
Chihiro Sugimoto Hokkaido University
Takeshi Mikami
Takeshi Mikami University of Tokyo
Tawin Inpankaew
Tawin Inpankaew Kasetsart University
Hisashi Inokuma
Hisashi Inokuma University of Tokyo
Sathaporn Jittapalapong
Sathaporn Jittapalapong Kasetsart University
Mahmoud AbouLaila
Mahmoud AbouLaila Damanhour University

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