Spherical Body Protein 2 truncated copy 11 as a specific Babesia bovis attenuation marker

Abstract Background Bovine babesiosis caused by Babesia bovis is a tick-borne hemoparasitic disease of global impact, and improved control is needed. In B. bovis, spherical body protein 2 (SBP-2) truncated copies 7, 9 and 11 (sbp2t7, sbp2t9 and sbp2t11) gene transcripts were recently reported to be...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gina M. Gallego-Lopez, Audrey O. T. Lau, Wendy C. Brown, Wendell C. Johnson, Massaro W. Ueti, Carlos E. Suarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-2782-z