Korean J Parasitol.  2002 Mar;40(1):33-40. 10.3347/kjp.2002.40.1.33.

Identification of newly isolated Babesia parasites from cattle in Korea by using the Bo-RBC-SCID mice

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Medical Zoology, National Institute of Health, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan.
  • 3Animal Teaching Hospital, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea.
  • 4National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, AMF, Anyang, Korea.
  • 5College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.

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.

Keyword

Babesiosis; SCID mice; western blotting; Polymerase Chain Reaction; phylogeny; Haemaphysalis longicornis

MeSH Terms

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
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