title: Identification of newly isolated Babesia parasites from cattle in Korea by using the Bo-RBC-SCID mice.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Zoology, National Institute of Health, Seoul, 122-701 Korea.
authors.forename: Shin-Hyeong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Tong-Soo
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyeong-Woo
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Jong-Taek
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung-Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wee
authors.forename: Chung-Gil
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal