Shawn J. Berens

Genome Sequence of Babesia bovis and Comparative Analysis of Apicomplexan Hemoprotozoa (2007)

Kelly A. Brayton, David R. Herndon, Linda Hannick, Lowell S. Kappmeyer, Shawn J. Berens, ...

Babesia bovis is an apicomplexan tick-transmitted pathogen of cattle imposing a global risk and severe constraints to livestock health and economic development. The complete genome sequence was...

Merozoite Surface Antigen 2 Proteins of Babesia bovis Vaccine Breakthrough Isolates Contain a Unique Hypervariable Region Composed of Degenerate Repeats

Berens, Shawn J., Brayton, Kelly A., Molloy, John B., Bock, Russell E., Lew, Ala E., McElwain, Terry F.

The merozoite surface antigen 2 (MSA-2) proteins of Babesia bovis are members of the variable merozoite surface antigen (VMSA) family that have been implicated in erythrocyte invasion and are...

The Babesia bovis Merozoite Surface Antigen 1 Hypervariable Region Induces Surface-Reactive Antibodies That Block Merozoite Invasion

LeRoith, Tanya, Berens, Shawn J., Brayton, Kelly A., Hines, Stephen A., Brown, Wendy C., Norimine, Junzo, ...

A hypervariable region (HVR) previously identified in the carboxy-terminal one-third of the Babesia bovis variable merozoite surface antigen family was more extensively analyzed in merozoite surface...

Merozoite Surface Antigen 2 Proteins of Babesia bovis Vaccine Breakthrough Isolates Contain a Unique Hypervariable Region Composed of Degenerate Repeats

Berens, Shawn J., Brayton, Kelly A., Molloy, John B., Bock, Russell E., Lew, Ala E., McElwain, Terry F.

The merozoite surface antigen 2 (MSA-2) proteins of Babesia bovis are members of the variable merozoite surface antigen (VMSA) family that have been implicated in erythrocyte invasion and are...

The Babesia bovis Merozoite Surface Antigen 1 Hypervariable Region Induces Surface-Reactive Antibodies That Block Merozoite Invasion

LeRoith, Tanya, Berens, Shawn J., Brayton, Kelly A., Hines, Stephen A., Brown, Wendy C., Norimine, Junzo, ...

A hypervariable region (HVR) previously identified in the carboxy-terminal one-third of the Babesia bovis variable merozoite surface antigen family was more extensively analyzed in merozoite surface...

Genome Sequence of Babesia bovis and Comparative Analysis of Apicomplexan Hemoprotozoa

Brayton, Kelly A, Lau, Audrey O. T, Herndon, David R, Hannick, Linda, Kappmeyer, Lowell S, Berens, Shawn J, ...

Babesia bovis is an apicomplexan tick-transmitted pathogen of cattle imposing a global risk and severe constraints to livestock health and economic development. The complete genome sequence was...

Coinfection with Antigenically and Genetically Distinct Virulent Strains of Babesia bovis Is Maintained through All Phases of the Parasite Life Cycle▿

Berens, Shawn J., Brayton, Kelly A., McElwain, Terry F.

Antigenic polymorphism is a defining characteristic of the Babesia bovis variable merozoite surface antigen (VMSA) family. Sequence analysis strongly suggests that recombination between virulent...