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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, January 2004, p. 211-215, Vol. 11, No. 1
1071-412X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.1.211-215.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Cloning of a Babesia caballi Gene Encoding the 134-Kilodalton Protein and Evaluation of Its Diagnostic Potential in an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay

Yoh Tamaki, Haruyuki Hirata, Noriyuki Takabatake, Sabine Bork, Naoaki Yokoyama, Xuenan Xuan, Kozo Fujisaki, and Ikuo Igarashi*

National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan

Received 13 June 2003/ Returned for modification 1 September 2003/ Accepted 27 October 2003

A Babesia caballi gene encoding the 134-kDa (BC134) protein was immunoscreened with B. caballi-infected horse serum. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using recombinant BC134 protein could effectively differentiate B. caballi-infected horse sera from Babesia equi-infected or noninfected control horse sera. These results suggest that the recombinant BC134 protein is a potential diagnostic antigen in the detection of B. caballi infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Inada-cho, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan. Phone: 81-155-49-5641. Fax: 81-155-49-5643. E-mail: igarcpmi{at}obihiro.ac.jp.

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, January 2004, p. 211-215, Vol. 11, No. 1
1071-412X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.1.211-215.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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