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Genotypic diversity in Babesia bovis field isolates and vaccine strains from South Africa.
Veterinary parasitology - 31 Jan 2014
Combrink M P, Troskie P C, Pienaar R, Latif A A, Mans B J
Abstract excerpt
Genotypic diversity in Babesia bovis (cause of Asiatic redwater in cattle) vaccine strains and field isolates from South Africa were investigated using the Bv80 gene as well as microsatellites. The S11 vaccine strain possessed both A and B alleles of the Bv80 gene, as well as genotypic diversity within each allele type as defined by repeat variation resulting in different amplicon sizes. Rapid serial passage of...
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