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
Theileria annulata and Theileria parva both poses a major surface antigen on the sporozoite stage of the life-cycle, called SPAG-1 and p67, respectively. In each case, these antigens are vaccine candidates and have been shown to induce a degree of homologous protection in earlier work. These anti...
Hall, R.
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Boulter, N.R.
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Brown, C.G.D.
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Wilkie, G.
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Kirvar, E.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Musoke, A.J.
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Glass, E.J.
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Morzaria, S.P.
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[Reciprocal cross-protection induced by sporozoite antigens SPAG-1 from Theileria annulata and p67 from Theileria parva]
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Reciprocal cross-protection induced by sporozoite antigens SPAG-1 from Theileria annulata and p67 from Theileria parva
Theileria parva is an intracellular sporozoan parasite that infects and transforms bovine lymphocytes, causing a severe lymphoproliferative disease known as East Coast fever in eastern, central and southern Africa. In this article, Declan McKeever and colleagues summarize the current understandin...
McKeever, Declan J.
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Taracha, E.L.N.
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Morrison, W. Ivan
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Musoke, A.J.
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Morzaria, S.P.
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[Protective immune mechanisms against Theileria parva: Evolution of vaccine development strategies]
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Protective immune mechanisms against Theileria parva: Evolution of vaccine development strategies
This paper is a review of the meeting "Sleeping Sickness Rediscovered". The meeting focussed on human sleeping sickness, which, despite improvements in diagnosis and control has returned with a vengeance across central Africa. Topics of discussion include control activities; control tools; resear...
A first-gneration subunit vaccine for East Coast fever based on the Theileria parva p67 sporozoite surface antigen is entering preliminary field trials. Intensive efforts are also focused on the identification of a schizont-specific omponen for incorporation in a second-generation multi-component...
McKeever, Declan J.
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Morrison, W. Ivan
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[Invited review Novel vaccines against Theileria parva: prospects for sustainability]
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Invited review Novel vaccines against Theileria parva: prospects for sustainability
Full-length recombinant versions of p67, the 709 amino acid major surface protein of Theileria parva sporozoites, induce immunity to East Coast fever (ECF) in cattle. We show that a soluble Escherichia coli recombinant version of p67 (p67635), in which a prokaryotic signal peptide replaces the e...
Bishop, Richard P.
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Nene, Vishvanath
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Staeyert, J.
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Rowlands, G.J.
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Nyanjui, J.
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Osaso, J.
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Morzaria, S.P.
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Musoke, A.J.
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[Immunity to East Coast fever in cattle induced by a polypeptide fragment of the major surface coat protein of Theileria parva sporozoites]
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Immunity to East Coast fever in cattle induced by a polypeptide fragment of the major surface coat protein of Theileria parva sporozoites
Two novel baculovirus-derived recombinant Theileria parva p67 constructs were tested for their vaccine potential against East Coast fever. Boran calves were immunized with a his-GFP-p67 fusion protein (GFP:p67DeltaSS) or with GP64:p67C, a protein fusion between a C-terminal domain of p67 and th...
Heartwater, caused by the rickettsial organism Cowdria ruminantium, is a serious constraint to livestock development in much of sub-Saharan Africa. Traditionally, the disease has been controlled by the use of chemical acaricides to control the vector tick. The University of Florida/USAID-supporte...
Mukhebi, A.W.
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Chamboko, Tafireyi
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O'Callaghan, C.J.
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Peter, T.F.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Medley, G.F.
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Mahan, S.M.
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Perry, Brian D.
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[An assessment of the economic impact of heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium infection) and its control in Zimbabwe]
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An assessment of the economic impact of heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium infection) and its control in Zimbabwe
East Coast fever (ECF) in cattle is caused by the tick-borne protozoan parasite Theileria parva. The major sporozoite surface antigen of T. parva (p67) is an important candidate for inclusion in a subunit vaccine. Recently, we reported the expression and production of different parts of p67 as f...
Schubert, E.
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Sachse, K.
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Jores, Joerg
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Heller, M.
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[Serological testing of cattle experimentally infected with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony using four different tests reveals a variety of seroconversion patterns]
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Serological testing of cattle experimentally infected with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony using four different tests reveals a variety of seroconversion patterns