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Theileria parasite infection in East Asia and control of the disease.
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Jul 1998
Onuma M, Kakuda T, Sugimoto C
Abstract excerpt
Bovine piroplasmosis caused by Theileria sergenti is a major cause of economic loss in grazing cattle in Japan. We found that parasite stocks and isolates consist of genetically and antigenically mixed populations. To differentiate among parasite populations bearing 3 allelic forms of p32/34, an immunodominant piroplasmin surface protein, 3 sets of oligonucleotide primers were designed to amplify either of 3...
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