Differentiation of Babesia bigemina, B. bovis, B. divergens and B. major by Western blotting?first report of B. bovis in Austrian cattle

Edelhofer, Renate; Müller, Astrid; Schuh, Maximilian; Obritzhauser, W.; Kanout, A.

doi:10.1007/s00436-003-1060-x

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“…Immunoblots provide opportunities for greater analysis of antigenic differences in Babesia spp. (Homer et al, 2000;Ryan et al, 2001) and have been used to differentiate cattle blood parasites in Europe (Edelhofer et al, 2004), but have not so far been used in intraspecific taxonomic studies. In contrast, several research groups have used molecular tools for taxonomic purposes, including studies on the identity and interrelatedness of the parasites involved in human babesiosis.…”

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confidence: 98%

Identity of the causal agents of human babesiosis in Europe

Gray

2006

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

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Section: Parasite Identitymentioning

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Identity of the causal agents of human babesiosis in Europe

Gray

2006

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

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“…Birds, mainly passerines (Passeriformes) are often hosts of subadult ticks and could be reservoirs of these pathogens. Tick-borne diseases of humans and animals as rickettsiosis [1][2][3], coxiellosis [4][5][6], anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma phagocytophilum (formerly Ehrlichia phagocytophila) [7][8][9][10], Lyme borreliosis [8,[10][11][12] and piroplasmosis (babesiosis) [13][14][15] are emerging problems in temperate regions of Europe due to climatic and urban changes in the environment [16]. Over 40 species of ticks including Ixodes spp., Dermacentor spp., Haemaphysalis spp.…”

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Ticks (Ixodidae) from passerine birds in the Carpathian region

Špitalská

Literák

Sparagano

et al. 2006

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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Birds have been found to be a reservoir host of borrelia. In order to assess the situation in Slovakia ticks were collected from a total of 3057 mist-netted, ringed and released passerine birds in two locations at 500 m (in 2001) and 1000 m (in 2003) above sea level in the Bukovské Vrchy Hills, part of the Carpathian region in the north-east of Slovakia. A total of 75 birds of 16 species were infested with subadult ticks of Ixodes ricinus species (prevalence of parasitization 5%). Sixty-two larvae from 31 birds of 9 species and 80 nymphs from 52 birds of 15 species were found. The highest intensity of parasitization was observed on blackbirds Turdus merula, song thrushes T. philomelos and dunnocks Prunella modularis. Six Ixodes ricinus adult ticks were found on humans working with birds, and one I. ricinus female tick on their dog. In ticks, the presence of Rickettsia sp., Coxiella burnetii, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and members of the Anaplasmataceae and Piroplasmidae, were investigated by polymerase chain reaction, followed by sequence analysis. Rickettsia sp. was found in 1 nymph from the European robin Erithacus rubecula, in 3 adult ticks (1 male, 2 females) from humans and in the tick from the dog. The closely related Ehrlichia- like species "Schotti variant" was detected in 1 nymph from the song thrush. Borrelia afzelii was identified in 1 male and B. garinii in 1 female tick collected on humans. Ixodes ricinus was found to be the vector of a wide spectrum of tick-borne pathogens in a mountainous area of the Carpathians. Because of the low yield of ticks and pathogens the importance of birds as reservoir hosts is still poorly understood.

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“…Babesia species have a wide host and geographic range. In general, Babesia bovis, B. bigemina, B. divergens, and Babesia major infect cattle (Tanaka et al 2009, Salih et al 2009, Edelhofer et al 2004; Babesia equi infects horses (Jaffer et al 2010); B. canis infects dogs (Fritz 2010); Babesia felis infects cats; and B. microti infects rodents (Levine 1988). Four species are known to cause disease in humans.…”

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Detection of Babesia divergens using molecular methods in anemic patients in Shandong Province, China

Zhou

Liu

et al. 2011

Parasitol Res

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Babesiosis (piroplasmosis) is a zoonotic disease caused by an intraerythrocytic protozoan transmitted by Ixodes ticks. The aim of this study was to detect Babesia spp. infection using molecular methods in 377 blood samples from anemic patients. Sequence analysis showed that the 18S rRNA gene was 439 bases long by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and that the PCR products from the samples had an identical sequence (named Taian China, HM355854). BLAST search showed that the sequence was identical to the 18S rRNA sequences of Babesia divergens. The 18S rRNA sequence for Toxoplasma gondii was included as the outlier for phylogenetic analysis by using the program MEGA4.0 software. The results showed that the 18S rRNA gene sequences obtained from the present study was most closely related to B. divergens Switzerland (DQ312439) with 98.4% similarity (differing only by seven bases). The phylogenetic analysis also revealed that this sequence closely resembled B. divergens strains from other countries and belonged to the same clade. This is the first report of a human being infected by B. divergens in China.

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Differentiation of Babesia bigemina, B. bovis, B. divergens and B. major by Western blotting?first report of B. bovis in Austrian cattle

Cited by 14 publications

References 11 publications

Identity of the causal agents of human babesiosis in Europe

Identity of the causal agents of human babesiosis in Europe

Ticks (Ixodidae) from passerine birds in the Carpathian region

Detection of Babesia divergens using molecular methods in anemic patients in Shandong Province, China

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