Conservation of merozoite membrane and apical complex B cell epitopes among Babesia bigemina and Babesia bovis strains isolated in Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 21-30

  Madruga, Claudio R ^a   Suarez, Carlos E ^b   McElwain, Terry F ^b   Palmer, Guy H ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical complex; B cell epitopes; Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Merozoite

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEROZOITE; MEXICO; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0030049194     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00809-8     Document Type: Article

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