Polymerase chain reaction-based diagnostic assay to detect cattle chronically infected with Babesia bovis.
Rev Latinoam Microbiol
; 36(1): 47-55, 1994.
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| ID: mdl-7938942
From a B. bovis gene sequence coding for a 60 kDa merozoite surface protein previously published, two sets of primers were designed for the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assay. Primer set BoF/BoR was used to prime Taq Polymerase DNA amplification of a 350 bp fragment of the target B. bovis DNA. Primer set BoFN/BoRN was used to prepare a PCR-synthesized, Digoxigenin-dUTP-labeled probe (291 bp) which would hybridize to a sequence within the PCR-amplified parasite target DNA. PCR amplification of target DNA obtained from in vitro-cultured B. bovis and nucleic acid hybridization of amplified product with the nonradioactive DNA probe showed that a 350 bp fragment could be detected when as little as 10 pg of genomic parasite DNA was utilized in the assay. A fragment of similar size was amplified from genomic DNA from four other B. bovis isolates but not from B. bigemina, Anaplasma marginale, or bovine leukocyte DNA. The PCR product was detected in blood samples containing approximately 3 B. bovis-infected erythrocytes (20 microliters of packed cells with a parasitemia of 0.000001%). By using the PCR/DNA probe assay, 16 out of 20 animals experimentally inoculated with B. bovis were detected positive, whereas no PCR product was observed in bovine blood samples collected from 20 B. bigemina-infected, and 20 uninfected cattle tested. The PCR-DNA probe assay was shown to be sensitive in detecting some cattle with B. bovis-chronic infection. The specificity and high analytical sensitivity of the test provides a valuable tool to apply in conducting epidemiological studies.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Babesiose
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Doenças dos Bovinos
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Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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DNA de Protozoário
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Babesia bovis
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Latinoam Microbiol
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
México