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Theileria parva

Known as: Theileria parvas, parvas, Theileria 
A protozoan parasite that is the etiologic agent of East Coast fever (THEILERIASIS). Transmission is by ticks of the Physicephalus and Hyalomma… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The prevalence of serum antibodies to tick-borne infections in cattle in smallholder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya; a cross-sectional study.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Theileria parva infection induces autocrine growth of bovine lymphocytes.
Bovine lymphocytes infected with the parasite Theileria parva continuously secrete a growth factor that is essential for their… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Cytotoxic T‐cells elicited in cattle challenged with Theileria parva (Muguga): evidence for restriction by class I MHC determinants and parasite strain specificity
Summary The MHC restriction and parasite strain specificity of cytotoxic cells elicited in a group of Theileria parva (Muguga… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Chemotherapy of East Coast fever: the long term weight changes, carrier state and disease manifestations of parvaquone treated cattle.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Bovine T‐cell clones infected with Theileria parva produce a factor with IL 2‐like activity
Theileriosis in cattle is characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of schizont-infected lymphocytes. Theileria-infected cell… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Monitoring Theileria parva infection in adult Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks
SUMMARY A rapid method is described for preparing and staining salivary glands of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks infected… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Epidemiology of East Coast fever: some effects of temperature on the development of Theileria parva in the tick vector, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
SUMMARY The moulting behaviour of nymphal Rhipicephalus appendiculatus from the laboratory colony and 3 field strains from Kenya… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Cell-mediated immunity to Theileria-transformed cell lines
In East and Central Africa the protozoan parasite Theileria parva causes a disease of cattle called East Coast fever (ECF). In… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Duration of immunity to East Coast fever (Theileria parva infection of cattle)
Forty-five cattle, which had recovered from EOF and been kept free from reexposure to infection for periods of 1–43 months, were… 
1967
1967
Artificial Feeding Technique for Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and the Transmission of Theileria parva from the Salivary Secretion
Nuttall and Hindle1 were the first to suggest that Theileria parva, which is the causal organism of East Coast fever in cattle… 
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