The Indian Journal of Small Ruminants

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  • Year: 2003
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 2

Immunological cross reactivity between Salivary gland and Midgut antigens of Haemaphysalis bispinosa

  • Author:
  • Anil Rana, S.S. Aiyasami, Bhaskaran Ravi Latha, Lalitha John
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 127 to 129

Department of Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai-600007, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

Immunological cross reactivity was established between the salivary gland antigen and midgut antigen of Haemaphysalis bispinosa. SDS-PAGE revealed common proteins of molecular weight 32kDa in the mid-gut and salivary gland extracts. Western Blot analysis using hyper immune sera of midgut antigen was used to prove cross reactivity among salivary gland antigen and midgut antigen, revealing sharing of antigenic proteins between the two.

Keywords

Immunological cross reactivity, Mid-gut antigen, Salivary gland antigen, SDS-PAGE- Western blot