| a common high molecular weight antigen of babesia bovis isolates from mexico. | cattle from an area of mexico endemic with babesia bovis infections have a dominant antibody response to a 152kda antigen of the tamaulipas strain of b. bovis. a mab termed pb/5, showing a specific reactivity to this 152kda antigen in western blots, was identified. the mab which reacted with the blunt end of b. bovis in an indirect fluorescent antibody test also reacted to a 152kda antigen in two other isolates (nuevo leon and yucatan), and a 175kda antigen in the huasteca b. bovis isolate from ... | 2000 | 10675745 |
| using msa-2b as a molecular marker for genotyping mexican isolates of babesia bovis. | variable merozoite surface antigens of babesia bovis are exposed glycoproteins having a role in erythrocyte invasion. members of this gene family include msa-1 and msa-2 (msa-2c, msa-2a(1), msa-2a(2) and msa-2b). to determine the sequence variation among b. bovis mexican isolates using msa-2b as a genetic marker, pcr amplicons corresponding to msa-2b were cloned and plasmids carrying the corresponding inserts were purified and sequenced. comparative analysis of nucleotide and deduced amino acid ... | 2009 | 19931189 |
| epizootiology of babesia bovis and babesia bigemina in free-ranging white-tailed deer in northeastern mexico. | species of rhipicephalus (boophilus) ticks are the vectors of babesiosis (cattle fever tick), which are distributed worldwide. white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) are important secondary hosts for the cattle fever ticks, rhipicephalus (b.) annulatus and rhipicephalus (b.) microplus. white-tailed deer are capable of sustaining boophilus spp. tick populations in the presence or absence of cattle. the objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of babesia bovis and babesia bigem ... | 2009 | 19642800 |
| immunologic and molecular identification of babesia bovis and babesia bigemina in free-ranging white-tailed deer in northern mexico. | the suitability of white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) as hosts for the cattle ticks rhipicephalus (boophilus) microplus and rhipicephalus (boophilus) annulatus, has been well documented. these ticks have a wide host range, and both transmit babesia bovis and babesia bigemina, the agents responsible for bovine babesiosis. although this disease and its vectors have been eradicated from the united states and some states in northern mexico, it still is a problem in other mexican states. it i ... | 2007 | 17699089 |