East Coast fever (ECF) caused by Theileria parva kills cattle in East, Central and Southern Africa leading to significant economic losses. Vaccination is used as a control strategy against ECF and is presently dependent on deliberate infection with live sporozoites and simultaneous treatment with...
Nyagwange, James
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Mwalimu, Stephen M.
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Henson, Sonal P.
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Steinaa, Lucilla
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Nzau, Benjamin M.
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Tijhaar, Edwin
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Pelle, Roger
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[Antibodies to in silico selected GPI-anchored Theileria parva proteins neutralize sporozoite infection in vitro]
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Antibodies to in silico selected GPI-anchored Theileria parva proteins neutralize sporozoite infection in vitro
Svitek, Nicholas
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Saya, R.
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Awino, Elias
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Gilbert, S.C.
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Poole, Elizabeth J.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Steinaa, Lucilla
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[Immunogenicity and protection of the Theileria parva CTL antigen Tp1, with or without a leader sequence, using HAd5/MVA prime-boost vaccination]
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Immunogenicity and protection of the Theileria parva CTL antigen Tp1, with or without a leader sequence, using HAd5/MVA prime-boost vaccination
Svitek, Nicholas
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Saya, R.
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Awino, Elias
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Munyao, S.
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Njoroge, T.
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Gilbert, S.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Steinaa, Lucilla
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[Evaluating the Ad5/MVA antigen delivery systems]
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Evaluating the Ad5/MVA antigen delivery systems
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are a major economic constraint to livestock production in sub-Saharan Africa. ILRI is focussing on developing a range of products, such as vaccines, diagnostics and decision support services to underpin improved control programmes against these diseases. We have develo...
Morzaria, S.P.
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Katende, J.
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Musoke, A.J.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Skilton, Robert A.
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Bishop, Richard P.
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[Development of sero-diagnostic and molecular tools for the control of important tick-borne pathogens of cattle in Africa]
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Development of sero-diagnostic and molecular tools for the control of important tick-borne pathogens of cattle in Africa
T cell responses play an important role in immunity to parasites and other microbial agents of infectious diseases, therefore a number of T cell-directed vaccines are in development. Computer-driven algorithms that facilitate the discovery of T cell epitopes from protein and genome sequences are ...
Groot, A.S.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Hegde, N.R.
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Srikumaran, S.
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Rayner , J.
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Martin, W.
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[T cell epitope identification for bovine vaccines: An epitope mapping method for BoLA A-11]
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T cell epitope identification for bovine vaccines: An epitope mapping method for BoLA A-11
Wildebeest-associated malignant catarrhal fever (WA-MCF), a fatal disease of cattle caused by alcelaphine herpesvirus 1 (AlHV-1), is one of the most important seasonal diseases of cattle in wildebeest endemic areas, with annual incidence reaching 10%. Here we report efficacy of over 80% for a vac...
Cook, Elizabeth A.J.
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Russell, George
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Grant, Dawn
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Mutisya, Christine N.
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Omoto, Lazarus
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Dobson, Elizabeth
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Lankester, Felix
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Nene, Vishvanath
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[A randomised vaccine field trial in Kenya demonstrates protection against wildebeest-associated malignant catarrhal fever in cattle]
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A randomised vaccine field trial in Kenya demonstrates protection against wildebeest-associated malignant catarrhal fever in cattle
Theileria are economically important, intra-cellular protozoa, transmitted by ixodid ticks, which infect wild and domestic ruminants. In the mammalian host, parasites infect leukocytes and erythrocytes. In the arthropod vector they develop in gut epithelial cells and salivary glands. All four int...
Bishop, Richard P.
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Musoke, A.J.
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Morzaria, S.P.
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Gardner, M.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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[Theileria: Intracellular protozoan parasites of wild and domestic ruminants transmitted by ixodid ticks]
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Theileria: Intracellular protozoan parasites of wild and domestic ruminants transmitted by ixodid ticks
Theileria are tick-transmitted, haemoprotozoan parasites infecting wild and domestic ungulates throughout many areas of the world. The most economically important species are T. parva and T. annulata which are pathogenic to cattle, and T. lestoquardi (syn hirci) which is pathogenic to sheep and g...
Skilton, Robert A.
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Musoke, A.J.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Wasawo, D.P.S.
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Wells, C.W.
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Spooner, P.R.
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Bishop, Richard P.
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Osaso, J.
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Nkonge, C.
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Latif, A.
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Morzaria, S.P.
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[Molecular characterisation of a Theileria lestoquardi gene encoding a candidate sporozoite vaccine antigen]
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Molecular characterisation of a Theileria lestoquardi gene encoding a candidate sporozoite vaccine antigen