Analysis of immunodominant piroplasm surface protein genes of benign Theileria parasites distributed in China and Korea by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction.
Benign Theileria species distributed in China and Korea were characterized by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR), based on the sequences of major immunodominant piroplasm surface protein genes. In China, all the isolates contained Chitose (C) type parasites. One out of 5 isolates tested was a mixed population of Ikeda (I), C and B-2 types, whereas, all the isolates from Korea consisted of I type parasites. Except for 4 isolates, 29 isolates from Korea consisted of more than two types of parasites. The present data showed that benign Theileria species distributed in these countries were mixed parasite populations.
Kakuda
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Graduated School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Kubota
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Sugimoto
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Baek
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Onuma
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D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D017125:Genes, Protozoan; D005843:Geography; D007723:Korea; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D016794:Theileria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity
D015800:Protozoan Proteins