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Colonization of Grande Comore Island by a lineage of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2011
Background Union of the Comoros suffered a severe East Coast Fever epidemic in 2004. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus was probably involved in pathogen transmission as this competent tick species, although previously absent from Comoros, was sampled on 4 ...
Stachurski Frédéric   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A serological survey of eight infectious diseases in a population of free ranging deer (Cervus timorensis russa) in Mauritius [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Rusa deer (Cervus timorensis russa) is the most important red meat production of Mauritius. More than 70.000 heads are exploited annually for 440 tones of venison.
Jaumally, Mahmad Reshad   +3 more
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The effect of dexamethasone and promethazine in combination with buparvaquone in the management of East Coast fever

open access: yesOnderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2004
The effects of dexamethasone and promethazine on the amelioration of pulmonary oedema in East Coast fever were investigated. The clinical effects of these drugs were further investigated when used in conjunction with the antitheilerial drug ...
M. Gwamaka   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Harnessing Science to Solve Global Poverty and Hunger [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Text of the Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture delivered by Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate, Chairman of the Immunology Department at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, during CGIAR International Centers Week 1998.
Doherty, Peter F.
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"We learn from them, they learn from us": global health experiences and host perceptions of visiting health care professionals.

open access: yes, 2013
PURPOSE: It is increasingly common for health care professionals from developed countries to travel to developing regions of the world to learn or teach.
Drain   +6 more
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An experimental study of East Coast fever in Ugand II. The durability of immunity in East Coast fever

open access: yesParasitology, 1950
Confusion exists as to whether the immunity produced by one attack of East Coast fever is absolute or whether it requires to be maintained by reinfection.During the present experiments mild transient infections have been produced in six calves, and in five cases the immunity has been incomplete and second attacks have followed reinfestation by infected
openaire   +2 more sources

Genetic and antigenic variation of the bovine tick-borne pathogen Theileria parva in the Great Lakes region of Central Africa

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Theileria parva causes East Coast fever (ECF), one of the most economically important tick-borne diseases of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa. A live immunisation approach using the infection and treatment method (ITM) provides a strong long-term ...
Gaston S. Amzati   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Economic Burden of Malaria [PDF]

open access: yes
Malaria and poverty are intimately connected. Controlling for factors such as tropical location, colonial history, and geographical isolation, countries with intensive malaria had income levels in 1995 only 33% of countries without malaria, whether or ...
Jeffrey D. Sachs, John Luke Gallup
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The prevalence of serum antibodies to tick-borne infections in Mbale District, Uganda: The effect of agro-ecological zone, grazing management and age of cattle

open access: yesJournal of Insect Science, 2004
Between August and October 2000, a cross-sectional study was conducted in smallholder dairy farms in Mbale District, Uganda to assess the prevalence of ticks and tick-borne diseases under different grazing systems and agro-ecological zones and understand
C. Rubaire-Akiiki   +7 more
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Genomics: From Microbes to Man [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Sir John Crawford Memorial Lecture delivered by J. Craig Venter, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Celera Genomics Corporation and founder and Chairman of the Board of The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), during CGIAR International Centers ...
Venter, J. Craig
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