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    • Alternative methods in laboratory diagnosis of equine piroplasmosis. 

      Karanja, DN; Yeboah, RK; Yokoyama, N; Igarashi, I (University of Nairobi,, 2005)
      In vitro culture, spectrophotometry, agarose gel electrophoresis and polymerase chain reaction were used to detect Babesia equi parasites. A ten-fold serial dilution of a 10% parasitemic culture was done to simulate low ...
    • Molecular and immunological characterization of Babesia gibsoni 

      Terkawi, M Alaa; Aboge, G; Jia, H; Goo, Y-K; Ooka, H; Yamagishi, J; Nishikawa, Y; Yokoyama, N; Igarashi, I; Kawazu, S-I; Fujisaki, K; Xuan, X (Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2009)
      Serological immune screening was used to identify a gene encoding heat shock protein-70 from Babesia gibsoni (BgHSP-70) that showed high homology with HSP-70s from other apicomplexan parasites. This gene corresponded to a ...