Theileria sp. Infections associated with bovine fatalities in the United States confirmed by small-subunit rRNA gene analyses of blood and tick samples

J Clin Microbiol. 1999 Sep;37(9):3037-40. doi: 10.1128/JCM.37.9.3037-3040.1999.

Abstract

Theileria sp.-specific small subunit (SSU) rRNA gene amplification confirmed the presence of the organism in cattle and in Amblyomma americanum and Dermacentor variabilis ticks collected from a cattle herd in Missouri. Blood from the index animal had type A and type D Theileria SSU rRNA genes. The type D gene was also found in blood from two cohort cattle and tick tissues. The type A SSU rRNA gene was previously reported from bovine Theileria isolates from Texas and North Carolina; the type D gene was reported from a Texas cow with theileriosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry*
  • Female
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Protozoan / genetics*
  • RNA, Ribosomal / genetics*
  • Theileria / genetics*
  • Theileriasis / diagnosis*
  • Ticks / parasitology*

Substances

  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Protozoan
  • RNA, Ribosomal

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF060211
  • GENBANK/AF060212
  • GENBANK/AF060213
  • GENBANK/AF060214
  • GENBANK/AF060215
  • GENBANK/AF060216