Molecular Reports of Ruminant Babesia in Southeast Asia

EM Galon, I Zafar, S Ji, H Li, Z Ma, X Xuan - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
The protozoon Babesia is a blood parasite transmitted by hard ticks and commonly
parasitizes ruminants such as cattle, buffaloes, goats, and sheep. Babesiosis, the disease …

Molecular detection and genetic diversity of bovine Babesia spp., Theileria orientalis, and Anaplasma marginale in beef cattle in Thailand

C Jirapattharasate, PF Adjou Moumouni, S Cao… - Parasitology …, 2017 - Springer
Babesia spp., Theileria orientalis, and Anaplasma marginale are significant tick-borne
pathogens that affect the health and productivity of cattle in tropical and subtropical areas. In …

Molecular epidemiology of bovine Babesia spp. and Theileria orientalis parasites in beef cattle from northern and northeastern Thailand

C Jirapattharasate, PFA Moumouni, S Cao… - Parasitology …, 2016 - Elsevier
Beef cattle production represents the largest cattle population in Thailand. Their productivity
is constrained by tick-borne diseases such as babesiosis and theileriosis. In this study, we …

Molecular occurrence and genetic identification of Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. in naturally infected cattle from Thailand

T Seerintra, W Krinsoongnern, T Thanchomnang… - Parasitology …, 2024 - Springer
Piroplasm including Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. in cattle can cause illness that affects
livestock productivity, resulting in significant production losses, especially in tropical and …

Genetic Diversity of Merozoite Surface Antigens in Global Babesia bovis Populations

ES El-Alfy, I Abbas, R Elseadawy, SAES El-Sayed… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cattle can be severely infected with the tick-borne protozoa Babesia bovis, giving rise to
serious economic losses. Invasion of the host's RBCs by the parasite merozoite/sporozoites …

Incidence of hemoparasitic infections in cattle from central and northern Thailand

P Koonyosying, A Rittipornlertrak, P Chomjit… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Background Hemoparasites, such as Babesia spp., Theileria spp. and Anaplasma spp., can
negatively affect the health of farm animals resulting in significant losses in production …

Identification of Babesia bovis MSA-1 functionally constraint regions capable of binding to bovine erythrocytes

L Cuy-Chaparro, LA Ricaurte-Contreras… - Veterinary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Merozoite surface antigen-1 is a glycoprotein expressed by Babesia bovis and is considered
a vaccine candidate given that antibodies against it are able to partially block in vitro …

Molecular survey of Babesia infections in cattle from different areas of Myanmar

S Bawm, LL Htun, NN Maw, T Ngwe, Y Tosa… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cattle babesiosis is one of the most important tick-borne diseases worldwide. The present
study reports a molecular survey of Babesia infections in cattle in Myanmar. Nested PCR …

What's in your next-generation sequence data? An exploration of unmapped DNA and RNA sequence reads from the bovine reference individual

LK Whitacre, PC Tizioto, JW Kim, TS Sonstegard… - BMC genomics, 2015 - Springer
Background Next-generation sequencing projects commonly commence by aligning reads
to a reference genome assembly. While improvements in alignment algorithms and …

Low levels of genetic diversity associated with evidence of negative selection on the Babesia bovis apical membrane antigen 1 from parasite populations in Thailand

A Rittipornlertrak, B Nambooppha, P Simking… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Babesia bovis, a parasite infecting cattle and buffalo, continues to spread throughout the
developing world. The babesial vaccine was developed to be a sustainable alternative …