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| Thekisoe, Oriel M. M.; Honda, T; Fujita, H; Battsetseg, B; Hatta, T; Fujisaki, Kozo; Sugimoto, Chihiro; Inoue, Noboru. |
| Common arthropod vectors for trypanosomes are flies, fleas and bugs. This study reports on an unknown trypanosome species isolated from naturally infected Haemaphysalis hystricis ticks, hereby, referred to as Trypanosoma KG1 isolate. The parasite has been successfully cultured in vitro with L929 or HEK 293T cell line as feeder cells. This trypanosome cannot survive in vitro without feeder cells. Following experimental infections of ticks, the trypomastigote-like and the epimastigote-like forms of this trypanosome could be detected by Giemsa-stained smears of the midgut and salivary glands of Ornithodoros moubata ticks which were made to feed on a culturing medium containing Trypanosoma KG1 isolate through an artificial membrane. Trypanosoma KG1 isolate... |
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Palavras-chave: Trypanosoma KG1 isolate; Haemaphysalis hystricis; Ornithodoros moubata. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1047 |
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| Thekisoe, Oriel M. M.; Kuboki, Noritaka; Nambota, Andrew; Fujisaki, Kozo; Sugimoto, Chihiro; Igarashi, Ikuo; Yasuda, Jun; Inoue, Noboru. |
| In this study, we developed loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for the specific detection of both animal and human trypanosomosis using primer sets that are designed from 5.8S rRNA-internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) gene for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, 18S rRNA for both T. congolense and T. cruzi, and VSG RoTat 1.2 for T. evansi. These LAMP primer sets are highly sensitive and are capable of detecting down to 1 fg trypanosomal DNA, which is equivalent to 0.01 trypanosomes. LAMP is a rapid and simple technique since it can be carried out in 1 h and requires only a simple heating device for incubation. Therefore, LAMP has great potential of being used for diagnosis of trypanosomosis in the laboratory and the field, especially in countries that... |
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Palavras-chave: LAMP; Trypanosomosis; Trypanosoma brucei brucei; T. b. rhodesiense; T. b. gambiense; T. congolense; T. cruzi; T. evansi. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1045 |
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| Kuboki, Noritaka; Kibe, Michael K; Thekisoe, Oriel M. M.; Sugimoto, Chihiro; Inoue, Noboru. |
| With the hypothesis that African trypanosomes could have in vivo specific genes for adaptation to host’s environment, the present study was conducted by using suppressive subtractive hybridization (SSH) technique to seek the highly expressed genes especially in host. A total of 328 clones from the in vivo SSH library and that of 160 clones from the in vitro SSH library were analyzed in order to determine their expression levels, but none of the above-mentioned genes showed differential expression. This indicates that no trypanosome genes could be differentially expressed either the in vivo or in vitro propagated trypanosomes. Alternatively, there might be limitation for detecting specifically expressed genes in African trypanosomes using this method,... |
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Palavras-chave: Differential expression; Infection; Trypanosoma brucei. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1052 |
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