Ryo Nakao

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
192 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Ryo Nakao is a scholar working on Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryo Nakao has authored 192 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Parasitology, 90 papers in Infectious Diseases and 59 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Ryo Nakao's work include Vector-borne infectious diseases (102 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (79 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (49 papers). Ryo Nakao is often cited by papers focused on Vector-borne infectious diseases (102 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (79 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (49 papers). Ryo Nakao collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Zambia. Ryo Nakao's co-authors include Chihiro Sugimoto, Yongjin Qiu, Ken Katakura, Nariaki Nonaka, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Bashir Salim, Frans Jongejan, Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Mathieu Picardeau and Vasantha Kumari Neela and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In The Last Decade

Ryo Nakao

171 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Revisiting the taxonomy and evolution of pathogenicity of the genus Leptospira through the prism of genomics

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Nation-wide surveillance of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on dogs and cats in Singapore 2025 ·Acta Tropica ·Mackenzie L. Kwak, (unknown), Ryo Nakao	0
2	Phylogenetic characterization of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium in Japan: implications for the enigmatic evolutionary history 2025 ·International Journal for Parasitology ·(unknown), (unknown), Mitsuhiro Okada, Kenta Suzuki, (unknown), (unknown), Yuma Ohari, Munehiro Okamoto, Kinpei Yagi, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao	0
3	Are there 16 species of brown dog ticks? Phylogenies from 60 entire mitochondrial genomes and 162 cox1 sequences reveal 16 species-level clades in the Rhipicephalus (Rhipicephalus) sanguineus group☆☆ 2025 ·International Journal for Parasitology ·(unknown), Ryo Nakao, Ben J. Mans, (unknown), (unknown), Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Renfu Shao, Alexander W. Gofton, (unknown), Takuya Ito, (unknown), Stephen C. Barker	0
4	Nation-wide surveillance of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on birds in Singapore 2024 ·Acta Tropica ·Mackenzie L. Kwak, (unknown), (unknown), Frank E. Rheindt, Ryo Nakao	3
5	Saving the Ryukyu rabbit tick Haemaphysalis pentalagi 2024 ·Oryx ·Mackenzie L. Kwak, (unknown), Mariko Suzuki, Keita Matsuno, Ryo Nakao	2
6	The weather determined how ‘hot’ the tick paralysis season was in eastern Australia: 2018–2024 2024 ·Veterinary Parasitology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Robert G. Webster, (unknown), Phillip McDonagh, Gavin Harper, (unknown), Ryo Nakao, Stephen C. Barker	0
7	Habu vipers (Protobothrops flavoviridis) are an overlooked but important reservoir of the zoonotic tick Amblyomma testudinarium (Acari: Ixodidae) in subtropical Asia 2024 ·Acta Tropica ·Mackenzie L. Kwak, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shouta M.M. Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao	0
8	Prevalence and Association of Trypanosomes and Sodalis glossinidius in Tsetse Flies from the Kafue National Park in Zambia 2023 ·Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease ·(unknown), Joseph Ndebe, Yongjin Qiu, Ryo Nakao, Martin Simuunza	2
9	The first molecular confirmation of Culex pipiens complex as potential natural vectors of Dirofilaria immitis in Myanmar 2023 ·Medical and Veterinary Entomology ·Si Thu Aung, Saw Bawm, (unknown), Lat Lat Htun, (unknown), Yuki Eshita, Ken Katakura, Ryo Nakao	3
10	Host, season, habitat and climatic factors as drivers of Asian rodent tick (Ixodes granulatus) (Acari: Ixodidae) occurrence and abundance in Southeast Asia 2023 ·Acta Tropica ·Mackenzie L. Kwak, Alan T. Hitch, (unknown), Dolyce H. W. Low, (unknown), (unknown), Gavin J. D. Smith, Ryo Nakao, Ian H. Mendenhall	7
11	Seventy-eight entire mitochondrial genomes and nuclear rRNA genes provide insight into the phylogeny of the hard ticks, particularly the Haemaphysalis species, Africaniella transversale and Robertsicus elaphensis 2022 ·Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases ·(unknown), Ben J. Mans, Renfu Shao, (unknown), (unknown), Elisha Chatanga, Alexander W. Gofton, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Ryo Nakao, Stephen C. Barker	18
12	High infection rate of tick-borne protozoan and rickettsial pathogens of cattle in Malawi and the development of a multiplex PCR for Babesia and Theileria species identification 2022 ·Acta Tropica ·Elisha Chatanga, (unknown), (unknown), Shohei Ogata, (unknown), Abdelbaset Eweda Abdelbaset, Kyoko Hayashida, Chihiro Sugimoto, Ken Katakura, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao	9
13	Dietary niche breadth influences the effects of urbanization on the gut microbiota of sympatric rodents 2022 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Alexis M. Mychajliw, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, (unknown), Takashi Hayakawa, Ryo Nakao, Itsuro Koizumi	11
14	Comparative mitogenomics elucidates the population genetic structure of Amblyomma testudinarium in Japan and a closely related Amblyomma species in Myanmar 2022 ·Evolutionary Applications ·(unknown), Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, May June Thu, (unknown), Elisha Chatanga, Shohei Ogata, (unknown), (unknown), Yuma Ohari, Doaa Naguib, Yongjin Qiu, Keita Matsuno, Saw Bawm, Lat Lat Htun, Stephen C. Barker, Ken Katakura, Kimihito Ito, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao	15
15	Applications of Blocker Nucleic Acids and Non-Metazoan PCR Improves the Discovery of the Eukaryotic Microbiome in Ticks 2021 ·Microorganisms ·(unknown), Gohta Kinoshita, (unknown), Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Shohei Ogata, Elisha Chatanga, Yuma Ohari, Kodai Kusakisako, Keita Matsuno, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao	2
16	Exploring Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Microbiomes Helps in Detecting Tick-Borne Infectious Agents in the Blood of Camels 2021 ·Pathogens ·(unknown), Alsagher O. Ali, Hassan Y.A.H. Mahmoud, Mosaab A. Omar, Elisha Chatanga, Bashir Salim, Doaa Naguib, (unknown), Nariaki Nonaka, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Ryo Nakao	26
17	Spiroplasma Infection among Ixodid Ticks Exhibits Species Dependence and Suggests a Vertical Pattern of Transmission 2021 ·Microorganisms ·Shohei Ogata, (unknown), Kodai Kusakisako, May June Thu, Yongjin Qiu, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Keita Matsuno, Ken Katakura, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao	5
18	Reconstruction of mitochondrial genomes from raw sequencing data provides insights on the phylogeny of Ixodes ticks and cautions for species misidentification 2021 ·Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases ·(unknown), Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, (unknown), (unknown), Keita Matsuno, Nariaki Nonaka, Renfu Shao, Ben J. Mans, Stephen C. Barker, Ryo Nakao	5
19	Genetic Diversity and Sequence Polymorphism of Two Genes Encoding Theileria parva Antigens Recognized by CD8+ T Cells among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Cattle in Malawi 2020 ·Pathogens ·Elisha Chatanga, Kyoko Hayashida, Walter Muleya, Kodai Kusakisako, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Bashir Salim, Ken Katakura, Chihiro Sugimoto, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao	12
20	Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato and Relapsing Fever Borrelia in Feeding Ixodes Ticks and Rodents in Sarawak, Malaysia: New Geographical Records of Borrelia yangtzensis and Borrelia miyamotoi 2020 ·Pathogens ·(unknown), Yongjin Qiu, Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Ryo Nakao, Michito Shimozuru, Manabu Onuma, Jayasilan Mohd‐Azlan, Toshio Tsubota	17

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