Epidemiological Investigation of Equine Piroplasmosis in China by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays

The objective of this study is to investigate the seroprevalence of equine piroplasmosis in China. A total of 1990 sera were collected from clinically healthy horses in various districts located in ten different provinces of China and examined by using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (EL...

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Autores principales: WANG, Ming, GUO, Wei, IGARASHI, Ikuo, XUAN, Xuenan, WANG, Xiaojun, XIANG, Wenhua, JIA, Honglin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2013
Materias:
Parasitology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4064140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24292247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.13-0477
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Sumario:The objective of this study is to investigate the seroprevalence of equine piroplasmosis in China. A total of 1990 sera were collected from clinically healthy horses in various districts located in ten different provinces of China and examined by using indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) with recombinant Theileria equi (T. equi) merozoite antigen 2 (rEMA-2) and Babesia caballi (B. caballi) 48-kDa rhoptry protein (rBc48), respectively. The results showed that 1,018 (51.16%) and 229 (11.51%) samples were positive for B. caballi and T. equi infection, respectively. The number of samples with mixed infection was 152 (7.64%). These results indicated that equine piroplasmosis was widespread in China.

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