Identification of newly isolated Babesia parasites from cattle in Korea by using the Bo-RBC-SCID mice.
10.3347/kjp.2002.40.1.33
- Author:
Shin Hyeong CHO
;
Tong Soo KIM
;
Hyeong Woo LEE
;
Masayoshi TSUJI
;
Chiaki ISHIHARA
;
Jong Taek KIM
;
Sung Hwan WEE
;
Chung Gil LEE
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Keywords:
Babesiosis;
SCID mice;
western blotting;
Polymerase Chain Reaction;
phylogeny;
Haemaphysalis longicornis
- MeSH:
Animals;
Arthropod Vectors/parasitology;
Babesia bovis/genetics/*isolation & purification;
Babesiosis/parasitology;
Base Sequence;
Cattle/*parasitology;
Cattle Diseases/parasitology;
DNA, Protozoan/genetics;
DNA, Ribosomal/genetics;
Erythrocytes/parasitology;
Korea;
Mice;
*Mice, SCID;
Molecular Sequence Data;
Phylogeny;
Ticks/parasitology
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2002;40(1):33-40
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Attempts were made to isolate and identify Korean bovine Babesia parasite. Blood samples were collected from Holstein cows in Korea, and Babesia parasites were propagated in SCID mice with circulating bovine red blood cells for isolation. The isolate was then antigenically and genotypically compared with several Japanese isolates. The Korean parasite was found to be nearly identical to the Oshima strain isolated from Japanese cattle, which was recently designated as Babesia ovata oshimensis n. var. Haemaphysalis longicornis was the most probable tick species that transmited the parasite.
