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Co-transmission of the non-transmissible South African Babesia bovis S24 vaccine strain during mixed infection with a field isolate.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Mar 2015
Combrink M P, Troskie P C, de Klerk D G, Pienaar R, Latif A A, Mans B J
Abstract excerpt
The South African Babesia bovis live blood vaccine, originating from a field isolate attenuated by 23 serial syringe passages in splenectomized calves, has lost the ability to infect the natural vector Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. In this study, infection with mixed parasites from the vaccine strain and a field isolate, resulted in transmission of both genotype populations. Comparing the field isolate and...
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