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. 2001 May;8(3):645-6.
doi: 10.1128/CDLI.8.3.645-646.2001.

Detection of antibodies to Babesia equi in horses by a latex agglutination test using recombinant EMA-1

X Xuan  1 , I Igarashi, T Tanaka, S Fukumoto, H Nagasawa, K Fujisaki, T Mikami
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Detection of antibodies to Babesia equi in horses by a latex agglutination test using recombinant EMA-1

X Xuan et al. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2001 May.

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.

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