Establishment of a novel tick-Babesia experimental infection model.

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2016
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Abstract
Ticks are potent vectors of many deadly human and animal pathogens. Tick-borne babesiosis is a well-recognized malaria-like disease that occurs worldwide and recently has attracted increased attention as an emerging zoonosis. Although the proliferation of Babesia organisms is essential in the vectors, their detailed lifecycle with time information for migration in ticks remains unknown. A novel study model for the elucidation of the migration speed of Babesia parasites in their vector tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, has been developed using an artificial feeding system with quantitative PCR method. The detectable DNA of Babesia parasites gradually disappeared in the tick midgut at 1 day post engorgement (DPE), and in contrary increased in other organs. The results indicated that the Babesia parasite passed the H. longicornis midgut within 24 hours post engorgement, migrated to the hemolymph, and then proliferated in the organs except the midgut. This time point may be an important curfew for Babesia parasites to migrate in the tick lumen. We also visualized the Babesia parasites in the experimentally infected ticks and in their eggs using IFAT for detecting their cytoskeletal structure, which suggested the successful tick infection and transovarial transmission of the parasite. This model will shed light on the further understanding of tick-Babesia interactions.
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Authors Maeda, Hiroki;Hatta, Takeshi;Alim, M Abdul;Tsubokawa, Daigo;Mikami, Fusako;Matsubayashi, Makoto;Miyoshi, Takeharu;Umemiya-Shirafuji, Rika;Kawazu, Shin-Ichiro;Igarashi, Ikuo;Mochizuki, Masami;Tsuji, Naotoshi;Tanaka, Tetsuya;
Journal Scientific reports
Year 2016
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10.1038/srep37039
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