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Diversity of Babesia bovis merozoite surface antigen genes in the Philippines.
Parasitology international - 1 Feb 2014
Tattiyapong Muncharee, Sivakumar Thillaiampalam, Ybanez Adrian Patalinghug, Ybanez Rochelle Haidee Daclan, Perez Zandro Obligado, Guswanto Azirwan, Igarashi Ikuo, Yokoyama Naoaki
Abstract excerpt
Babesia bovis is the causative agent of fatal babesiosis in cattle. In the present study, we investigated the genetic diversity of B. bovis among Philippine cattle, based on the genes that encode merozoite surface antigens (MSAs). Forty-one B. bovis-positive blood DNA samples from cattle were used to amplify the msa-1, msa-2b, and msa-2c genes. In phylogenetic analyses, the msa-1, msa-2b, and msa-2c gene...
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