Dipartimento di Patologia e Clinica Veterinaria dell'Università degli Studi di Sassari, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Sassari, Italy.
J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jun;49(6):2321-4. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00312-11. Epub 2011 Apr 13.
Porcine babesiosis is a widespread yet overlooked disease causing economic losses in many regions of the world. To date, the etiological agent of porcine babesiosis has not been molecularly characterized. Here, we provide the first molecular characterization of a piroplasm detected in a symptomatic sow, phylogenetically closely related to the Ungulibabesids. Results pave the way for future molecular epidemiology studies.
猪巴贝斯虫病是一种广泛存在但被忽视的疾病,给世界许多地区造成了经济损失。迄今为止,尚未对猪巴贝斯虫病的病原体进行分子特征描述。在这里,我们首次对在一头有症状的母猪中检测到的、与无角巴贝斯虫属亲缘关系密切的梨形虫进行了分子特征描述。研究结果为未来的分子流行病学研究铺平了道路。