Expression of Equi Merozoite Antigen 2 during Development of Babesia equi in the Midgut and Salivary Gland of the Vector Tick Boophilus microplus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 5803-5809

  Ueti, Massaro W ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a   Kappmeyer, Lowell S ^b   Scoles, Glen A ^b   Knowles, Donald P ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUI MEROZOITE ANTIGEN 1; EQUI MEROZOITE ANTIGEN 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BABESIA EQUI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HORSE; IMMUNITY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALIVARY GLAND; SPOROZOITE; THEILERIA; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IXODIDAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA; BABESIA EQUI; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA;

EID: 0346848917     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5803-5809.2003     Document Type: Article

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