TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnosis of equine piroplasmosis in Xinjiang province of China by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using recombinant antigens
AU - Xuan, Xuenan
AU - Chahan, Bayin
AU - Huang, Xiaohong
AU - Yokoyama, Naoaki
AU - Makala, Levi Hakwale
AU - Igarashi, Ikuo
AU - Fujisaki, Kozo
AU - Maruyama, Soich
AU - Sakai, Takeo
AU - Mikami, Takeshi
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.
PY - 2002/9/10
Y1 - 2002/9/10
N2 - The prevalence of equine piroplasmosis in Xinjiang province, China, was examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). A total of 70 serum samples were taken from horses pastured on three farms in western Xinjiang, and examined for diagnosis of equine Babesia equi (B. equi) infection and B. caballi infection by ELISAs using recombinant equi merozoite antigen 1 (EMA-1) and recombinant P48 antigen, respectively. Of the 70 samples, 28 (40.0%) and 17 (24.3%) samples were positive for B. equi infection and B. caballi infection, respectively. In addition, 11 (15.7%) samples were positive for both B. equi and B. caballi infections. These results indicate that equine piroplasmosis is widespread and therefore a cause for serious concern in western Xinjiang. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing a survey on equine piroplasmosis in Xinjiang province, China.
AB - The prevalence of equine piroplasmosis in Xinjiang province, China, was examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs). A total of 70 serum samples were taken from horses pastured on three farms in western Xinjiang, and examined for diagnosis of equine Babesia equi (B. equi) infection and B. caballi infection by ELISAs using recombinant equi merozoite antigen 1 (EMA-1) and recombinant P48 antigen, respectively. Of the 70 samples, 28 (40.0%) and 17 (24.3%) samples were positive for B. equi infection and B. caballi infection, respectively. In addition, 11 (15.7%) samples were positive for both B. equi and B. caballi infections. These results indicate that equine piroplasmosis is widespread and therefore a cause for serious concern in western Xinjiang. To our knowledge, this is the first report describing a survey on equine piroplasmosis in Xinjiang province, China.
KW - B. caballi
KW - B. equi
KW - ELISA
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U2 - 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00193-0
DO - 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00193-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 12208045
AN - SCOPUS:0037055989
SN - 0304-4017
VL - 108
SP - 179
EP - 182
JO - Veterinary Parasitology
JF - Veterinary Parasitology
IS - 2
ER -