Babesiosis
Report summarizes babesiosis study findings from T.L. Carvalho and co-researchers
Published in Malaria Weekly, January 18th, 2010
"The Duffy antigen is the only receptor for Plasmodium vivax, a hemoparasite of the phylum Apicomplexa and the cause of vivax malaria in humans. Resistance to this parasite in the majority of black African individuals and their descendents is due to a mutation in the gene promoter region, which blocks its transcription on erythrocytes," scientists writing in the journal Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology report.
"Regarding bovine babesiosis, it is known that taurine breeds are more susceptible to parasite infection than zebuine breeds. In order to verify whether the same human resistance occurs in bovine, the 5' flanking region of the DARC gene was...
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Source: Malaria Weekly (2010-01-18)
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