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<i>Theileria parva</i> candidate vaccine antigens recognized by immune bovine cytotoxic T lymphocytes
21 Feb 2006
Abstract excerpt
East Coast fever, caused by the tick-borne intracellular apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva, is a highly fatal lymphoproliferative disease of cattle. The pathogenic schizont-induced lymphocyte transformation is a unique cancer-like condition that is reversible with parasite removal. Schizont-infected cell-directed CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) constitute the dominant protective bovine immune response...
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