Gliding motility of Babesia bovis merozoites visualized by time-lapse video microscopy.

BACKGROUND: Babesia bovis is an apicomplexan intraerythrocytic protozoan parasite that induces babesiosis in cattle after transmission by ticks. During specific stages of the apicomplexan parasite lifecycle, such as the sporozoites of Plasmodium falciparum and tachyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii, host...

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Main Authors: Masahito Asada, Yasuyuki Goto, Kazuhide Yahata, Naoaki Yokoyama, Satoru Kawai, Noboru Inoue, Osamu Kaneko, Shin-ichiro Kawazu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3323635?pdf=render