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Conservation and variation in the region of the Theileria parva p104 antigen coding gene used for PCR surveillance of the parasite.
Parasitology research - 1 Jun 2023
Obara Isaiah, Makori Peris, Sibeko Kgomotso P, Bishop Richard P, Nijhof Ard M, Mwamuye Micky
Abstract excerpt
The range of the protozoan parasite Theileria parva, which causes East Coast fever in cattle, has been expanding to countries where it has not previously been detected, as a result of cross-border domestic cattle movement. Countries where T. parva has not previously been observed until recently include Cameroon and South Sudan. This raises the issue of the conservation of the p104 antigen gene, on which the...
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