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Genotypic diversity, a survival strategy for the apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva.
Veterinary parasitology - 10 Feb 2010
Katzer F, Ngugi D, Walker A R, McKeever D J
Abstract excerpt
The tick-borne protozoan parasite Theileria parva causes East Coast fever (ECF), a severe lymphoproliferative disease of cattle that is a major constraint to the improvement of livestock in eastern, central and southern Africa. Studies in cattle experimentally infected with T. parva have shown that the protective cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response is tightly focused, with individual animals recognizing only...
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