The application of omics in ruminant production: A review in the tropical and sub-tropical animal production context

DM Ribeiro, AAK Salama, ACM Vitor, A Argüello… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The demand for animal products (eg dairy and beef) in tropical regions is expected to
increase in parallel with the public demand for sustainable practices, due to factors such as …

Advances in understanding red blood cell modifications by Babesia

H Hakimi, J Yamagishi, S Kawazu, M Asada - PLoS Pathogens, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Babesia are tick-borne protozoan parasites that can infect livestock, pets, wildlife animals,
and humans. In the mammalian host, they invade and multiply within red blood cells (RBCs) …

Systematic Comparison of the Performances of De Novo Genome Assemblers for Oxford Nanopore Technology Reads From Piroplasm

J Wang, K Chen, Q Ren, Y Zhang, J Liu… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Emerging long reads sequencing technology has greatly changed the
landscape of whole-genome sequencing, enabling scientists to contribute to decoding the …

Phylogenetic analyses of the mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genes of Babesia sp. Mymensingh and its naming as Babesia naoakii n. sp.

T Sivakumar, B Tuvshintulga, D Otgonsuren… - Parasites & …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The recently discovered Babesia sp. Mymensingh, which causes
clinical bovine babesiosis, has a wide geographical distribution. We investigated the …

Comparative analysis reveals conservation in genome organization among intestinal Cryptosporidium species and sequence divergence in potential secreted …

Z Xu, Y Guo, DM Roellig, Y Feng, L Xiao - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background Cryptosporidiosis is a major cause of gastrointestinal diseases in humans and
other vertebrates. Previous analyses of invasion-related proteins revealed that …

Comparative and functional genomics of the protozoan parasite Babesia divergens highlighting the invasion and egress processes

LM Gonzalez, K Estrada, R Grande… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Babesiosis is considered an emerging disease because its incidence has significantly
increased in the last 30 years, providing evidence of the expanding range of this rare but …

Chromosome-level genome assembly of Babesia caballi reveals diversity of multigene families among Babesia species

A Ochi, T Kidaka, H Hakimi, M Asada, J Yamagishi - BMC genomics, 2023 - Springer
Background Babesia caballi is an intraerythrocytic parasite from the phylum Apicomplexa,
capable of infecting equids and causing equine piroplasmosis. However, since there is …

Babesia gibsoni Whole-Genome Sequencing, Assembling, Annotation, and Comparative Analysis

Q Liu, XA Guan, DF Li, YX Zheng, S Wang… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The intracellular protozoan parasite Babesia gibsoni infects canine erythrocytes and causes
babesiosis. The hazards to animal health have increased due to the rise of B. gibsoni …

Comparative single-cell transcriptional atlases of Babesia species reveal conserved and species-specific expression profiles

Y Rezvani, CD Keroack, B Elsworth, A Arriojas… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Babesia is a genus of apicomplexan parasites that infect red blood cells in vertebrate hosts.
Pathology occurs during rapid replication cycles in the asexual blood stage of infection …

A framework for signaling throughout the life cycle of Babesia species

B Elsworth, MT Duraisingh - Molecular microbiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Babesia species are tick‐borne intracellular parasites that infect the red blood cells of their
mammalian host, leading to severe or fatal disease. Babesia spp. infect a wide range of …