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Pecuária e saúde veterinária no sul de Moçambique no começo do século XX: um olhar a partir do combate à East Coast fever

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2021
Resumo O artigo propõe um contributo para a historiografia sobre as dimensões sociais da saúde veterinária em contexto colonial e seus efeitos na pecuária a partir do caso do sul de Moçambique, região onde o gado bovino ocupou historicamente um papel ...
Bárbara Direito
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Arsenic residues in soil at cattle dip tanks in the Vhembe district, Limpopo Province, South Africa

South African Journal of Science, 2014
Arsenic-based compounds have been used for cattle dipping for about half a century to combat East Coast Fever in cattle in South Africa. The government introduced a compulsory dipping programme in communal areas to eradicate the disease in 1911.
Marubini R. Ramudzuli, André C. Horn
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Characterization of a Novel Chimeric Theileria parva p67 Antigen Which Incorporates into Virus-like Particles and Is Highly Immunogenic in Mice

Vaccines, 2022
The current method to protect cattle against East Coast Fever (ECF) involves the use of live Theileria parva sporozoites. Although this provides immunity, using live parasites has many disadvantages, such as contributing to the spread of ECF.
Leah Whittle, Ros Chapman, Michiel van Diepen, Edward P. Rybicki, Anna-Lise Williamson   +4 more
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Economic impacts of tick-borne diseases in Africa : tick-borne diseases

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2009
As we join Onderstepoort in celebrating its centenary, it is worth reflecting that tick-borne infections of wildlife and livestock have been part of everyday life in Africa for many, many generations.
B.D. Perry
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A locus conferring tolerance to Theileria infection in African cattle

PLoS Genetics, 2022
East Coast fever, a tick-borne cattle disease caused by the Theileria parva parasite, is among the biggest natural killers of cattle in East Africa, leading to over 1 million deaths annually.
David Wragg, Elizabeth A. J. Cook, Perle Latré de Laté, Tatjana Sitt, Johanneke D. Hemmink, Maurine C. Chepkwony, Regina Njeru, E. Jane Poole, Jessica Powell, Edith A. Paxton, Rebecca Callaby, Andrea Talenti, Antoinette A. Miyunga, Gideon Ndambuki, Stephen Mwaura, Harriet Auty, Oswald Matika, Musa Hassan, Karen Marshall, Timothy Connelley, Liam J. Morrison, B. Mark deC. Bronsvoort, W. Ivan Morrison, Philip G. Toye, James G. D. Prendergast   +24 more
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Endemic chikungunya fever in Kenyan children: a prospective cohort study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) was first described in Tanzania in 1952. Several epidemics including East Africa have occurred, but there are no descriptions of longitudinal surveillance of endemic disease.
Doris K. Nyamwaya, Mark Otiende, Donwilliams O. Omuoyo, George Githinji, Henry K. Karanja, John N. Gitonga, Zaydah R. de Laurent, James R. Otieno, Rosemary Sang, Everlyn Kamau, Stanley Cheruiyot, Edward Otieno, Charles N. Agoti, Philip Bejon, Samuel M. Thumbi, George M. Warimwe   +15 more
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Seroprevalence of East Coast fever in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan [PDF]

Veterinaria Italiana, 2012
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 2005 in different cattle camps in Juba, Mangalla and Terekeka localities of Central Equatoria State, South Sudan. Serum samples were collected from 514 cattle of different age groups.
Wani L. Marcellino, Diaeldin A. Salih, Ibrahim I. Julla†, Abdel Rahim M. El Hussein   +3 more
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Mitochondrial phylogeography and population structure of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in the African Great Lakes region

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background The ixodid tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is the main vector of Theileria parva, wich causes the highly fatal cattle disease East Coast fever (ECF) in sub-Saharan Africa.
Gaston S. Amzati, Roger Pelle, Jean-Berckmans B. Muhigwa, Esther G. Kanduma, Appolinaire Djikeng, Maxime Madder, Nathalie Kirschvink, Tanguy Marcotty   +7 more
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Dogmas and misunderstandings in East Coast fever [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 1999
Summary East Coast fever (ECF) is the most important tick‐borne disease in eastern, central and southern Africa and caused an estimated loss of US $186 million in 1989 in the 11 countries where it occurs. It was brought to southern Africa with cattle from Tanzania in 1901 and, over the next 3 years, devastated the cattle that had survived the ...
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Prevalence and spatial distribution of Theileria parva in cattle under crop-livestock farming systems in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) present a major economic burden to communities across East Africa. Farmers in East Africa must use acaracides to target ticks and prevent transmission of tick-borne diseases such as anaplasmosis, babesiosis ...
Dennis Muhanguzi, Kim Picozzi, Jan Hatendorf, Michael Thrusfield, Susan Christina Welburn, John David Kabasa, Charles Waiswa   +6 more
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