Genetic Diversity of Benign Theileria Parasites of Cattle in the Okinawa Prefecture

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Kozo FUJISAKI²  Mamoru OSHIRO¹  Satoshi ZAKIMI¹  Jung-Yeon KIM²  Kyoko HAYASHIDA²  Chihiro SUGIMOTO² 

[1] Okinawa Prefectural Institute of Animal Health;National Research Center for Protozoan Disease, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

关键词: genomic diversity;    Okinawa;    Theileria;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.68.1335

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(21)Cited-By(19)Benign Theileria parasites of cattle distributed in the Okinawa prefecture were characterized by allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequence analysis of the major piroplasm surface protein (MPSP) gene. Using universal or allele-specific primer sets, parasite DNA was amplified in 31 out of 48 blood samples obtained from beef cattle. Among the positive cases, mixed infections involving various combinations of I-, C-, and B-type parasites were detected in 24 (77.4%) samples. Phylogenetic analysis based on the MPSP gene sequences revealed that parasites with the MPSP types 1-5 and 7, exist within the Okinawa prefecture.

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