Introduction and multiplication of bovine Babesia in human cells.
Bovine erythrocytes parasitised with Babesia major were fused with human HeLa cells by means of Sendai virus. B major parasites entered the HeLa cell cytoplasm and in some cases underwent multiplication over a period of three days.
D000818:Animals; D001403:Babesia / Q000254:growth & development*; D002459:Cell Fusion; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D010222:Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human