Validation of BdCCp2 as a marker for Babesia divergens sexual stages in ticks

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-56

  Becker, Claire A M ^a,c   Malandrin, Laurence ^a   Larcher, Thibaut ^a   Chauvin, Alain ^a   Bischoff, Emmanuel ^b   Bonnet, Sarah I ^a  

^a LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Babesia divergens; Gametocytes; Ixodes ricinus; Molecular marker; Transmission

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTEIN BDCCP2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN BDCCP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BABESIA DIVERGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TICK; VALIDATION PROCESS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARACHNID VECTORS; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME PRECURSORS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IXODES; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870495611     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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