title: Identification and phylogenetic analysis of Japanese Macaque Babesia-1 (JM-1) detected from a Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata fuscata).
abstract: We demonstrate here the identification and phylogenetic characterization of Babesia microti (B. microti)-like parasite detected from a splenectomized Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata fuscata) at a facility for laboratory animal science. On Day 133 after splenectomy, intra-erythrocytic parasites were found on light microscopic examination, and the level of parasitemia reached 0.3% on blood smear. Molecular characterization of the parasite using nested-polymerization chain reactions targeting the 18S rRNA, β-tubulin, and subunit 7 (eta) of the chaperonin-containing t-complex polypeptide 1 (CCT7) genes were identified as a B. microti-like parasite, designated the Japanese Macaque Babesia-1 (JM-1).
authors: School of Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Japan. hirata@rakuno.ac.jp
authors: Haruyuki
authors: H
authors: Hirata
authors: Satoru
authors: S
authors: Kawai
authors: Mari
authors: M
authors: Maeda
authors: Michio
authors: M
authors: Jinnai
authors: Kohei
authors: K
authors: Fujisawa
authors: Yuko
authors: Y
authors: Katakai
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Hikosaka
authors: Kazuyuki
authors: K
authors: Tanabe
authors: Yasuhiro
authors: Y
authors: Yasutomi
authors: Chiaki
authors: C
authors: Ishihara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D041001:Babesia microti / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D008251:Macaca; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013156:Splenectomy
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers