Nijhof A M, Pillay V, Steyl J, Prozesky L, Stoltsz W H, Lawrence J A, Penzhorn B L, Jongejan F
Division of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80.165, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Dec;43(12):5907-11. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.12.5907-5911.2005.
Pathogen DNA was isolated from roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), sable antelope (Hippotragus niger), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), and common gray duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia) in South Africa whose deaths were attributed to either theileriosis or cytauxzoonosis. We developed Theileria species-specific probes used in combination with reverse line blot hybridization assays and identified three different species of Theileria in four African antelope species. The close phylogenetic relationship between members of the genera Theileria and Cytauxzoon, similarities in the morphologies of developmental stages, and confusion in the literature regarding theileriosis or cytauxzoonosis are discussed.
从南非死亡原因归因于泰勒虫病或巴贝斯虫病的马羚（Hippotragus equinus）、貂羚（Hippotragus niger）、大林羚（Tragelaphus strepsiceros）和普通灰小羚羊（Sylvicapra grimmia）中分离出病原体DNA。我们开发了与反向线印迹杂交分析结合使用的泰勒虫属特异性探针，并在四种非洲羚羊物种中鉴定出三种不同的泰勒虫物种。文中讨论了泰勒虫属和巴贝斯虫属成员之间密切的系统发育关系、发育阶段形态的相似性以及文献中关于泰勒虫病或巴贝斯虫病的混淆情况。
