Identification of newly isolated Babesia parasites from cattle in Korea by using the Bo-RBC-SCID mice.
Attempts were made to isolate and identify Korean bovine Babesia parasite. Blood samples were collected from Holstein cows in Korea, and Babesia parasites were propagated in SCID mice with circulating bovine red blood cells for isolation. The isolate was then antigenically and genotypically compared with several Japanese isolates. The Korean parasite was found to be nearly identical to the Oshima strain isolated from Japanese cattle, which was recently designated as Babesia ovata oshimensis n. var. Haemaphysalis longicornis was the most probable tick species that transmitted the parasite.
Cho
Shin-Hyeong
SH
Department of Medical Zoology, National Institute of Health, Seoul, 122-701 Korea.
Kim
Tong-Soo
TS
Lee
Hyeong-Woo
HW
Tsuji
Masayoshi
M
Ishihara
Chiaki
C
Kim
Jong-Taek
JT
Wee
Sung-Hwan
SH
Lee
Chung-Gil
CG
D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D016793:Babesia bovis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000469:parasitology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle / Q000469:parasitology*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D007723:Korea; D051379:Mice; D016513:Mice, SCID; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D013987:Ticks / Q000469:parasitology
D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal