Detection of Antibodies to Babesia equi in Horses by a Latex Agglutination Test Using Recombinant EMA-1
- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
- Vol. 8 (3) , 645-646
- https://doi.org/10.1128/cdli.8.3.645-646.2001
Abstract
A latex agglutination test (LAT) using recombinant equi merozoite antigen 1 (EMA-1) for the detection of antibodies to Babesia equi was developed. The LAT was able to differentiate very clearly between sera from B. equi -infected horses and sera from Babesia caballi -infected horses or from normal horses. The LAT results were identical to those of a previously developed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. These results indicate that LAT using recombinant EMA-1 might be very useful as a routine screening method for the diagnosis of B. equi infection.Keywords
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