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Live immunisation against Theileria parva: containing or spreading the disease?
Trends in parasitology - 1 Dec 2007
McKeever Declan J
Abstract excerpt
Although a live vaccine against Theileria parva has been available for over 30 years, concerns that vaccine strains can become established in resident tick populations have impeded its uptake in endemic areas. Recently, Oura et al. have examined the persistence of vaccine strains in immunised cattle using polymorphic genomic markers. They confirm that elements of the vaccine establish a carrier state in...
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