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- Title
Molecular Detection and Seroprevalence of Babesia microti among Stock Farmers in Khutul City, Selenge Province, Mongolia.
- Authors
Sung-Hee Hong; Davaasuren Anu; Young-Il Jeong; Davaajav Abmed; Shin-Hyeong Cho; Won-Ja Lee; Sang-Eun Lee
- Abstract
Babesiosis is an emerging tick-borne disease in humans worldwide; however, little is known about the frequency of infection or prevalence of this disease in other parts of the world, excluding North America. In this study, we aimed to investigate Babesia microti infection frequency in a human population in Mongolia. One hundred blood samples were collected from stock farmers living in Khutul city of Selenge province, Mongolia. The sera and DNA from blood samples were evaluated for the presence of B. microti infection by using indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) tests and PCR. The positive detection rates obtained using the IFA tests and PCR assays were 7% and 3%, respectively. This study is the first to detect of B. microti infections based on antibody seroprevalence or PCR assays for the presence of B. microti DNA in a Mongolian population.
- Subjects
MONGOLIA; BABESIOSIS diagnosis; MOLECULAR diagnosis; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK-borne diseases; DISEASE prevalence; FLUORESCENT antibody technique
- Publication
Korean Journal of Parasitology, 2014, Vol 52, Issue 4, p443
- ISSN
0023-4001
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3347/kjp.2014.52.4.443