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Diagnosis of subclinical B. ovis infection
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 6 (2015) 106
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Letter to the Editor
Diagnosis of subclinical B. ovis infection Dear Editor, The recent report on “Diagnosis of subclinical B. ovis infection” is very interesting (Horta et al., 2014). Horta et al. noted that “The diagnostic assay here described is presently the most effective and sensitive method for detection of B. ovis in field blood samples and ticks, enabling the detection up to 1 parasite into 10(9) erythrocytes (Horta et al., 2014).” In fact, the problem of subclinical B. ovis infection is a common problem health concern. The diagnosis is sometimes difficult. To use the PCR diagnosis is the new approach and there are many previous similar reports on PCR based diagnosis for B. ovis (Altay et al., 2008; Esmaeilnejad et al., 2014). The use of the present PCR based technique might be useful but the great concern is on the cost effectiveness. In addition, the technique requires several manipulations and this might not be applicable for the field work.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.12.002 1877-959X/© 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
References Altay, K., Aktas, M., Dumanli, N., 2008. Detection of Babesia ovis by PCR in Rhipicephalus bursa collected from naturally infested sheep and goats. Res. Vet. Sci. 85 (August (1)), 116–119. Esmaeilnejad, B., Tavassoli, M., Asri-Rezaei, S., Dalir-Naghadeh, B., Mardani, K., Jalilzadeh-Amin, G., Golabi, M., Arjmand, J., 2014. PCR-based detection of Babesia ovis in Rhipicephalus bursa and small ruminants. J. Parasitol. Res. 2014, 294704. Horta, S., Barreto, M.C., Pepe, A., Campos, J., Oliva, A., 2014. Highly sensitive method for diagnosis of subclinical B. ovis infection. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 5 (October (6)), 902–906.
Viroj Wiwanitkit Surin Rajabhat University, Thailand E-mail address: [email protected] 4 November 2014 Available online 9 December 2014
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ttbdis
Letter to the Editor
Diagnosis of subclinical B. ovis infection Dear Editor, The recent report on “Diagnosis of subclinical B. ovis infection” is very interesting (Horta et al., 2014). Horta et al. noted that “The diagnostic assay here described is presently the most effective and sensitive method for detection of B. ovis in field blood samples and ticks, enabling the detection up to 1 parasite into 10(9) erythrocytes (Horta et al., 2014).” In fact, the problem of subclinical B. ovis infection is a common problem health concern. The diagnosis is sometimes difficult. To use the PCR diagnosis is the new approach and there are many previous similar reports on PCR based diagnosis for B. ovis (Altay et al., 2008; Esmaeilnejad et al., 2014). The use of the present PCR based technique might be useful but the great concern is on the cost effectiveness. In addition, the technique requires several manipulations and this might not be applicable for the field work.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.12.002 1877-959X/© 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
References Altay, K., Aktas, M., Dumanli, N., 2008. Detection of Babesia ovis by PCR in Rhipicephalus bursa collected from naturally infested sheep and goats. Res. Vet. Sci. 85 (August (1)), 116–119. Esmaeilnejad, B., Tavassoli, M., Asri-Rezaei, S., Dalir-Naghadeh, B., Mardani, K., Jalilzadeh-Amin, G., Golabi, M., Arjmand, J., 2014. PCR-based detection of Babesia ovis in Rhipicephalus bursa and small ruminants. J. Parasitol. Res. 2014, 294704. Horta, S., Barreto, M.C., Pepe, A., Campos, J., Oliva, A., 2014. Highly sensitive method for diagnosis of subclinical B. ovis infection. Ticks Tick Borne Dis. 5 (October (6)), 902–906.
Viroj Wiwanitkit Surin Rajabhat University, Thailand E-mail address: [email protected] 4 November 2014 Available online 9 December 2014