Babesia equi
Conformational Dependence and Conservation of an Immunodominant Epitope within the Babesia equi Erythrocyte-Stage Surface Protein Equi Merozoite Antigen 1
... immunodominant Babesia equi erythrocyte-stage surface ...anti-B. equi antibodies, detects horses infected with strains present throughout the ...
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Expression of Equi Merozoite Antigen 2 during Development of Babesia equi in the Midgut and Salivary Gland of the Vector Tick Boophilus microplus
... are Babesia equi proteins expressed on the parasite surface during infection in horses and are orthologues of proteins in Theileria ...B. equi transitions through multiple, morphologically distinct ...
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High Level Expression and Purification of a Truncated Merozoite Antigen 2 of Babesia equi in Escherichia coli and Its Potential for Immunodiagnosis
... of Babesia equi was cloned and highly expressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein ...B. equi from sera of horses infected with Babesia caballi and healthy ...
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Ability of the Vector Tick Boophilus microplus To Acquire and Transmit Babesia equi following Feeding on Chronically Infected Horses with Low Level Parasitemia
... parasite Babesia equi replicates within ...B. equi can reach high levels of parasitemia, resulting in a hemolytic ...B. equi and, following development and replication, establishment of B. ...
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Identification of a Specific Antigenic Region of the P82 Protein of Babesia equi and Its Potential Use in Serodiagnosis
... of Babesia equi infection was reported previously ...with Babesia caballi-infected horse sera, despite the high rate of detection of ...B. equi-infected horse sera without cross-reactivity ...
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Cloning of a Truncated Babesia equi Gene Encoding an 82 Kilodalton Protein and Its Potential Use in an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay
... isolate Babesia equi genes encoding immunodominant proteins, a cDNA expression library prepared from ...B. equi mRNA was immunoscreened with B. equi-infected horse ...B. equi but not ...
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Cloning of a Novel Babesia equi Gene Encoding a 158-Kilodalton Protein Useful for Serological Diagnosis
... Babesiosis, a well-recognized disease of veterinary impor- tance in horses, cattle, and dogs, is gaining attention as an emerging zoonotic disease (15). It has been found in a wide variety of mammals but is perhaps most ...
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Expression of Babesia equi Merozoite Antigen 1 in Insect Cells by Recombinant Baculovirus and Evaluation of Its Diagnostic Potential in an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay
... entire Babesia equi merozoite antigen 1 (EMA-1) was inserted into a baculovirus transfer vector, and a recombinant virus expressing EMA-1 was ...B. equi-infected horse sera from Babesia ...
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Microscopic and Molecular detection of Theileria (Babesia) equi infection in equids of Kurdistan Province, Iran
... T. equi and ...T. equi "Hyalomma marginatum marginatum, ...T. equi could be transmitted by Dermacentor ...(Theileria) equi in Iran, but the protozoa might be exten- sively distributed in ...
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Antibody to a recombinant merozoite protein epitope identifies horses infected with Babesia equi
... The antibodies were detected in a competitive inhibition enzymelinked immunosorbent assay CI ELISA by using monoclonal antibody 36/133.97, which defines a protein epitope on the merozoit[r] ...
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Monoclonal Antibody against Babesia equi: Characterization and Potential Application of Antigen for Serodiagnosis
... B. equi was prepared from infected erythrocytes as described before (13), and the protein concentration of crude antigen was determined according to the method of Bradford ...
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Molecular Cloning of a Babesia caballi Gene Encoding the 134-Kilodalton Protein and Evaluation of Its Diagnostic Potential in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
... like Babesia equi, is a tick-borne protozoan parasite which causes fever, anemia, jaundice, and edema in the infected horses and sometimes results in death (3, 4, 17, ...B. equi are lifelong carriers ...
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Climate Extremes Promote Fatal Co-Infections during Canine Distemper Epidemics in African Lions
... of Babesia during the 1994 and 2001 epidemics. Babesia levels correlated with mortalities and extent of CDV exposure within ...of Babesia, infections that were magnified by the immunosuppressive ...
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The ability of an oral formulation of afoxolaner to block the transmission of Babesia canis by Dermacentor reticulatus ticks to dogs
... larger Babesia canis and the smaller Babesia ...literature. Babesia canis is widely distributed throughout Europe, where it is transmitted by adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks ...
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Molecular detection and characterization of Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, Theileria species and Anaplasma marginale isolated from cattle in Kenya
... This study was done to determine the genetic diversities as well as molecular epidemiology of B. bovis, B. bigemina, Theileria spp. and A. marginale isolates of cattle raised in Machakos and Ngong districts of Kenya. ...
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Genetic characterization of Theileria equi infecting horses in North America: evidence for a limited source of U S introductions
... T. equi the infec- tion can cause a range of disease symptoms up to and in- cluding ...T. equi infection have been iden- tified in the ...T. equi into non- endemic regions, the World Organization for ...
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Babesia vesperuginis in insectivorous bats from China
... A total of 146 bats belonging to 6 species within two families were sampled. Bats of the family Rhinolophidae included 4 Rhinolophus ferrumequinum and 14 Rhinolo- phus pusillus captured from a karst cave; bats of the ...
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Autochthonous Babesia canis Hepatozoon canis and imported Babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in the Czech Republic
... Moravian region, which was suspected as a poten- tially endemic area with well-established popula- tions of D. reticulatus (Siroky et al. 2011), having spread from the Panonian lowlands of north-east Austria and western ...
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Streptococcus equi subspecies equi in horses in Israel: seroprevalence and strain types
... Statistical analysis was performed to detect potential risk factors for the presence of S equi antibodies. Association with nominal independent variables was assessed by using the χ 2 test, and ORs were ...
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Establishment of Babesia vulpes n sp (Apicomplexa: Babesiidae), a piroplasmid species pathogenic for domestic dogs
... made in compliance with the ICZN guidelines [36]. The generic placement of B. vulpes n. sp. is derived from the molecular phylogenetic analysis of the 18S RNA and β-tubulin genes, and COX1 protein sequences, whereas the ...
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