Current serological tests for Babesia bigemina use semipurified merozoite antigens derived from infected erythrocytes. One of the major drawbacks of these tests is that antigen quality can vary from batch to batch. Since the quality of the antigen contributes to the sensitivity and specificity of...
Tebele, N.
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Skilton, Robert A.
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Katende, J.
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Wells, C.W.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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McElwain, T.F.
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Morzaria, S.P.
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Musoke, A.J.
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[Cloning, characterization and expression of a 200 Kilodalton diagnostic antigen of Babesia bigemina]
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Cloning, characterization and expression of a 200 Kilodalton diagnostic antigen of Babesia bigemina
Polymorphic, multicopy gene families are frequently located in subtelomeric regions of the genomes of parasitic protozoa. Theileria parva telomere-associated (TA) DNA from two chromosomes contained long open reading frames (ORFs) 54% identical at the N-termini whose ends were 2670 and 2680 bp fro...
Bishop, Richard P.
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Gobright, E.I.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Morzaria, S.P.
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Musoke, A.J.
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Sohanpal, B.K.
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[Polymorphic open reading frames encoding secretory proteins are located less than 3 kilobases from Theileria parva telomeres]
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Polymorphic open reading frames encoding secretory proteins are located less than 3 kilobases from Theileria parva telomeres
As a first step in developing compartment-specific markers for protein trafficking within Theileria parva, we have isolated cDNAs encoding homologues of the small GTP binding proteins Rab1 and Rab4. The T. parva homologue of Rab1 (TpRab1), a protein which regulates vesicular transport between the...
Janoo, R.T.K.
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Musoke, A.J.
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Wells, C.
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Bishop, Richard P.
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[A Rab1 homologue with a novel isoprenylation signal provides insight into the secretory pathway of Theileria parva]
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A Rab1 homologue with a novel isoprenylation signal provides insight into the secretory pathway of Theileria parva
Two recombinant vaccines against Theileria parva, based on a near full-length version of the sporozoite surface antigen p67 (p67635), or an 80 amino acid C-terminal section (p67C), were evaluated by exposure of immunized cattle to natural tick challenge in two sites at the Kenya Coast and one i...
Musoke, A.J.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Nyanjui, J.
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Katende, J.
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Spooner, P.R.
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Mwaura, S.
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Odongo, D.
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Nkonge, C.
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Mbogo, S.
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Bishop, Richard P.
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Morzaria, S.P.
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[Subunit vaccine based on the p67 major surface protein of Theileria parva sporozoites reduces severity of infection derived from field tick challenge]
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Subunit vaccine based on the p67 major surface protein of Theileria parva sporozoites reduces severity of infection derived from field tick challenge
Theileria parva, a tick-transmitted protozoan parasite, infects cattle in eastern, central and southern Africa, leading to an acute, usually fatal lymphoproliferative disorder known as East Coast fever (1). It has been shown that the protective immune response against T. parva is mediated by clas...
Daubenberger, C.A.
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Heussler, V.
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Gobright, E.I.
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Wijngaard, P.L.J.
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Clevers, H.C.
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Wells, C.
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Tsuji, N.
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Musoke, A.J.
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McKeever, Declan J.
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[Molecular characterisation of a cognate 70 kDa heat shock protein of the protozoan parasite Theileria parva]
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Molecular characterisation of a cognate 70 kDa heat shock protein of the protozoan parasite Theileria parva
Heterologous priming-boosting vaccination regimens involving priming with plasmid DNA antigen constructs and inoculating (boosting) with the same recombinant antigen expressed in replication-attenuated poxviruses have recently been demonstrated to induce immunity, based on CD4(+)- and CD8(+)-T-c...
A stage-specific surface antigen of Theileria parva, p67, is the basis for the development of an anti-sporozoite vaccine for the control of East Coast fever (ECF) in cattle. By Pepscan analysis with a series of overlapping synthetic p67 peptides, the antigen was shown to contain five distinct lin...
Nene, Vishvanath
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Gobright, E.I.
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Bishop, Richard P.
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Morzaria, S.P.
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Musoke, A.J.
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[Linear peptide specificity of bovine antibody responses to p67 of Theileria parva and sequence diversity of sporozoite-neutralising epitopes: Implications for a vaccine]
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Linear peptide specificity of bovine antibody responses to p67 of Theileria parva and sequence diversity of sporozoite-neutralising epitopes: Implications for a vaccine
Advances in biotechnological techniques are driven by the needs of the human populations. The new techniques in biotechnology have been developed as a consequence of the integrated use of microbiology, biochemistry and chemical engineering. Some of these technologies are being employed in the der...
Masake, R.A.
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Musoke, A.J.
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Ole-MoiYoi, O.K.
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[Application of biotechnology in disease diagnosis and vaccine Development]
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Application of biotechnology in disease diagnosis and vaccine Development