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Babesia
About: Babesia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2446 publications have been published within this topic receiving 59890 citations. The topic is also known as: Nuttallia & Texas fever.
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TL;DR: This review describes the biology of Babesia spp.
Abstract: Tick fever or cattle fever (babesiosis) is economically the most important arthropod-borne disease of cattle worldwide with vast areas of Australia, Africa, South and Central America and the United States continuously under threat. Tick fever was the first disease for which transmission by an arthropod to a mammal was implicated at the turn of the twentieth century and is the first disease to be eradicated from a continent (North America). This review describes the biology of Babesia spp. in the host and the tick, the scale of the problem to the cattle industry, the various components of control programmes, epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunity, vaccination and future research. The emphasis is on Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina.
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TL;DR: The RLB is a versatile technique for simultaneous detection of all bovine tick-borne protozoan parasites and recommend its use for integrated epidemiological monitoring oftick-borne disease, since RLB can also be used for screening ticks and can easily be expanded to include additional hemoparasite species.
Abstract: A reverse line blot (RLB) assay was developed for the identification of cattle carrying different species of Theileria and Babesia simultaneously. We included Theileria annulata, T. parva, T. mutans, T. taurotragi, and T. velifera in the assay, as well as parasites belonging to the T. sergenti-T. buffeli-T. orientalis group. The Babesia species included were Babesia bovis, B. bigemina, and B. divergens. The assay employs one set of primers for specific amplification of the rRNA gene V4 hypervariable regions of all Theileria and Babesia species. PCR products obtained from blood samples were hybridized to a membrane onto which nine species-specific oligonucleotides were covalently linked. Cross-reactions were not observed between any of the tested species. No DNA sequences from Bos taurus or other hemoparasites (Trypanosoma species, Cowdria ruminantium, Anaplasma marginale, and Ehrlichia species) were amplified. The sensitivity of the assay was determined at 0.000001% parasitemia, enabling detection of the carrier state of most parasites. Mixed DNAs from five different parasites were correctly identified. Moreover, blood samples from cattle experimentally infected with two different parasites reacted only with the corresponding species-specific oligonucleotides. Finally, RLB was used to screen blood samples collected from carrier cattle in two regions of Spain. T. annulata, T. orientalis, and B. bigemina were identified in these samples. In conclusion, the RLB is a versatile technique for simultaneous detection of all bovine tick-borne protozoan parasites. We recommend its use for integrated epidemiological monitoring of tick-borne disease, since RLB can also be used for screening ticks and can easily be expanded to include additional hemoparasite species.
560 citations
01 Jan 2008
TL;DR: A review of Babesia spp. in the host and the tick, the scale of the problem to the cattle industry, various components of control programmes, epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunity, vaccination and future research is presented in this article.
Abstract: Tick fever or cattle fever (babesiosis) is economically the most important arthropod-borne disease of cattle worldwide with vast areas of Australia, Africa, South and Central America and the United States continuously under threat. Tick fever was the first disease for which transmission by an arthropod to a mammal was implicated at the turn of the twentieth century and is the first disease to be eradicated from a continent (North America). This review describes the biology of Babesia spp. in the host and the tick, the scale of the problem to the cattle industry, the various components of control programmes, epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunity, vaccination and future research. The emphasis is on Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina.
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TL;DR: The classical differences with the main other genus of non-pigment-forming hemoparasites, Theileria, are the absence of extra-erythrocytic multiplication (schizogony) in Babesia and the cycle in the vector tick, which includes transovarial transmission in babesia but only transstadial transmission in TheILeria.
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TL;DR: Comparative biological and morphological studies show that the economically important piroplasms comprise three groups: (1) Babesia species sensu strictu ; (2) Bubesia equi , B. microti ; and (3) Theileria species.
Abstract: Publisher Summary The piroplasms are protozoa that are highly pathogenic to cattle, sheep, goats, and occasionally even to man. They comprise two genera—namely, Theileria and Babesia . The diseases they induce, known collectively as “theilerioses” and “babesioses,” cause fevers and lead to important economic losses in the tropics, subtropics, and southern Europe. This chapter highlights the differences between the life cycles of Babesia and Theileria species with respect to their morphology, studied by means of light and electron microscopy. The chapter describes the life cycle of piroplasms. They have a typical sporozoan life cycle comprising three phases: (1) Schizogony, an asexual reproduction phase in the vertebrate host. (2) Gumogony, the formation and fusion of gametes inside the intestinal cells of ixodid ticks. (3) Sporogony, an asexual reproduction in the salivary gland of the tick leading to the infectious, saliva-transmitted sporozoites. Comparative biological and morphological studies show that the economically important piroplasms comprise three groups: (1) Babesia species sensu strictu ; (2) Bubesia equi , B. microti ; and (3) Theileria species.
443 citations