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| ZHOU, Mo; SUGANUMA, Keisuke; RUTTAYAPORN, Ngasaman; NGUYEN, Thu-Thuy; YAMASAKI, Shino; IGARASHI, Ikuo; KAWAZU, Shin-ichiro; SUZUKI, Yasuhiko; INOUE, Noboru; 五十嵐, 郁男; 井上, 昇. |
| Trypanosoma congolense is a major livestock pathogen in Africa, causing large economic losses with serious effects on animal health. Reliable serodiagnostic tests are therefore urgently needed to control T. congolense infection. In this study, we have identified one T. congolense protein as a new candidate serodiagnostic antigen. The 46.4 kDa protein (TcP46, Gene ID: TcIL3000.0.25950) is expressed 5.36 times higher in metacyclic forms than epimastigote forms. The complete nucleotide sequences of TcP46 contained an open reading frame of 1,218 bp. Southern blot analysis indicated that at least two copies of the TcP46 gene were tandemly-arranged in the T. congolense genome. The recombinant TcP46 (rTcP46) was expressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathione... |
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Palavras-chave: Diagnosis; ELISA; Nagana; TcP46; Trypanosoma. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/3983 |
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| NGUYEN, Thu-Thuy; MOTSIRI, Mono Sophie; TAIOE, Moeti Oriel; MTSHALI, Moses Sibusiso; GOTO, Yasuyuki; KAWAZU, Shin-Ichiro; Molifi THEKISOE, Oriel Matlhahane; INOUE, Noboru; 河津, 信一郎; 井上, 昇. |
| A total of 231 serum samples were collected from sheep (n=9), goats (n=99) and cattle (n=123) in northeastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Trypanosome infection was detected using Trypanosoma brucei brucei crude antigen (TbbCA) and T. congolense crude antigen (TcoCA) ELISA assays. Recombinant antigen (T. evansi GM6 which consisted of 4 repeat domains, TeGM6-4r) ELISA and immunochromatographic test (ICT) were also used. Crude antigen ELISA, TeGM6-4r-ELISA and ICT detected 27.3%, 29% and 19.9% of trypanosome seropositive samples, respectively. Trypanosome infection prevalence in cattle and goats was 35.8–46.3% and 0–9.1%, respectively. Out of 9 sheep serum samples, 2–4 sera (22.2–44.4%) were positive. The detection performance of crude and recombinant... |
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Palavras-chave: Animal African trypanosomosis; ELISA; Immunochromatographic test; Serodiagnosis; South Africa. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/4034 |
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