title: Prospects for recombinant vaccines against Babesia bovis and related parasites.
abstract: Babesial parasites infect cattle in tropical and temperate regions of the world and cause significant morbidity and mortality. Discovery of protective antigens that could be used in a killed vaccine has been slow and to date there are few promising vaccine candidates for cattle Babesia. This review describes mechanisms of protective innate and adaptive immune responses to babesial parasites and different strategies to identify potentially protective protein antigens of B. bovis, B. bigemina, and B. divergens. Successful parasites often cause persistent infection, and this paper also discusses how B. bovis evades and regulates the immune response to promote survival of parasite and host. Development of successful non-living recombinant vaccines will depend on increased understanding of protective immune mechanisms and availability of parasite genomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-7040, USA. wbrown@vetmed.wsu.edu
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Norimine
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Goff
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: McElwain
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D016793:Babesia bovis / Q000276:immunology*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D051379:Mice; D016052:Protozoan Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D016052:Protozoan Vaccines; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic