Emerging perspectives in the research of bovine babesiosis and anaplasmosis

CE Suarez, S Noh - Veterinary parasitology, 2011 - Elsevier
The Babesia bovis and B. bigemina apicomplexan protozoa in conjunction with the rickettsia
Anaplasma marginale are intraerythrocytic pathogens that are responsible for the most …

Bovine babesiosis in Turkey: Impact, current gaps, and opportunities for intervention

S Ozubek, RG Bastos, HF Alzan, A Inci, M Aktas… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bovine babesiosis is a global tick-borne disease that causes important cattle losses and has
potential zoonotic implications. The impact of bovine babesiosis in Turkey remains poorly …

Vaccines against bovine babesiosis: where we are now and possible roads ahead

M Florin-Christensen, CE Suarez, AE Rodriguez… - Parasitology, 2014 - cambridge.org
Bovine babesiosis caused by the tick-transmitted haemoprotozoans Babesia bovis, Babesia
bigemina and Babesia divergens commonly results in substantial cattle morbidity and …

An epidemiological survey of bovine Babesia and Theileria parasites in cattle, buffaloes, and sheep in Egypt

A Elsify, T Sivakumar, M Nayel, A Salama… - Parasitology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cattle, buffaloes, and sheep are the main sources of meat and milk in Egypt, but their
productivity is thought to be greatly reduced by hemoprotozoan parasitic diseases. In this …

Genetic detection of Babesia bigemina from Mongolian cattle using apical membrane antigen-1 gene-based PCR assay

T Sivakumar, K Altangerel, B Battsetseg, B Battur… - Veterinary …, 2012 - Elsevier
We developed a new nested PCR (nPCR) assay based on the Babesia bigemina apical
membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) gene sequence for parasite-specific detection. The primers …

An Overview of Current Knowledge on in vitro Babesia Cultivation for Production of Live Attenuated Vaccines for Bovine Babesiosis in Mexico

JA Alvarez, C Rojas, JV Figueroa - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The instrumentation of the in vitro culture system has allowed researchers to learn more
about the metabolic and growth behavior of Babesia spp. The various applications for in …

Genetic characterization and molecular survey of Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina and Babesia ovata in cattle, dairy cattle and yaks in China

Q Niu, Z Liu, P Yu, J Yang, MO Abdallah, G Guan… - Parasites & vectors, 2015 - Springer
Background Babesiosis is an important haemoparasitic disease, caused by the infection and
subsequent intra-erythrocytic multiplication of protozoa of the genus Babesia that impacts …

Genetic analysis of Babesia isolates from cattle with clinical babesiosis in Sri Lanka

T Sivakumar, B Tuvshintulga, A Zhyldyz… - Journal of Clinical …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bovine babesiosis is a serious threat to the cattle industry. We prepared blood DNA samples
from 13 cattle with clinical babesiosis from the Badulla (n= 8), Jaffna (n= 3), and Kilinochchi …

Immune response to Tick-Borne hemoparasites: Host adaptive immune response mechanisms as potential targets for therapies and vaccines

A Torina, V Blanda, S Villari, A Piazza… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tick-transmitted pathogens cause infectious diseases in both humans and animals. Different
types of adaptive immune mechanisms could be induced in hosts by these microorganisms …

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 …