Search Results - "Colston, Angela"
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Implementation of a practical and effective pilot intervention against transmission of Taenia solium by pigs in the Banke district of Nepal
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-02-2019)“…Taenia solium is a zoonotic cestode parasite which causes human neurocysticercosis. Pigs transmit the parasite by acting as the intermediate host. An…”
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TSOL18 vaccine and oxfendazole for control of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs: A field trial in endemic areas of Tanzania
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-10-2020)“…A field trial was conducted in Tanzania to determine the effectiveness of TSOL18 vaccine used concurrently with oxfendazole (OFZ), and of OFZ alone, on T…”
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Accurate diagnosis of lesions suspected of being caused by Taenia solium in body organs of pigs with naturally acquired porcine cysticercosis
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-06-2019)“…The definitive method for diagnosis of porcine cysticercosis is the detection of cysticerci at necropsy. Cysts are typically located in the striated muscle and…”
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Performance of Ag-ELISA in the diagnosis of Taenia solium cysticercosis in naturally infected pigs in Tanzania
Published in Parasites & vectors (27-10-2020)“…Taenia solium is a zoonotic parasite responsible for neurocysticercosis--a major cause of late-onset acquired epilepsy in humans. Lack of affordable, specific…”
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Endemicity of Taenia solium cysticercosis in pigs from Mbeya Rural and Mbozi districts, Tanzania
Published in BMC veterinary research (03-09-2020)“…Taenia solium taeniasis/cysticercosis is a disease of substantial economic and public health importance particularly in low-income countries. The disease was…”
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Control trial of porcine cysticercosis in Uganda using a combination of the TSOL18 vaccination and oxfendazole
Published in Infectious diseases of poverty (20-03-2021)“…Neurocysticercosis caused by Taenia solium when the parasite lodges in the central nervous system, is an important cause of human seizures and mortality in…”
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A hyperendemic focus of Taenia solium transmission in the Banke District of Nepal
Published in Acta tropica (01-12-2017)“…[Display omitted] •The prevalence of porcine cysticercosis was determined in pigs from the Banke District of Nepal.•Slaughter-age animals were selected at…”
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Taenia solium from a community perspective: Preliminary costing data in the Katete and Sinda districts in Eastern Zambia
Published in Veterinary parasitology (15-02-2018)“…•Taenia solium causes substantial economic and health burdens on communities in Eastern Zambia.•163 of 267 surveyed villagers reported at least one symptom…”
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Preliminary assessment of the computer‐based Taenia solium educational program ‘The Vicious Worm’ on knowledge uptake in primary school students in rural areas in eastern Zambia
Published in Tropical medicine & international health (01-03-2018)“…Objective The zoonotic helminth Taenia solium is endemic in Zambia, causing human (taeniasis and (neuro)cysticercosis) and pig (porcine cysticercosis) diseases…”
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Evaluation of two GnRH-I based vaccine formulations on the testes function of entire Suffolk cross ram lambs
Published in Vaccine (12-04-2006)“…A modified GnRH peptide (CHWSYGLRPG-NH 2) was conjugated to tetanus toxoid (TT) or diphtheria toxoid (DT) and formulated with Quil A saponin or a sustained…”
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Immune responses to a GnRH-based anti-fertility immunogen, induced by different adjuvants and subsequent effect on vaccine efficacy
Published in Vaccine (25-02-2004)“…A modified GnRH peptide (CHWSYGLRPG-NH 2) was conjugated to tetanus toxoid and formulated with different adjuvants (non-ionic surfactant vesicles, aluminium…”
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Influence of Carrier Protein Conjugation Site and Terminal Modification of a GnRH-I Peptide Sequence in the Development of a Highly Specific Anti-fertility Vaccine. Part I
Published in American journal of reproductive immunology (1989) (01-12-2002)“…PROBLEM: We previously immunoneutralized gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH), using an analogue of GnRH (des‐1 GnRH‐I), conjugated to tetanus toxoid via a…”
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Part II: Influence of Dimerization of a modified GnRH-I Peptide Sequence on a Male Antifertility Vaccine
Published in American journal of reproductive immunology (1989) (01-12-2002)“…Ferro VA, Harvey MJA, Colston A, Stimson WH. Part II: Influence of dimerization of a modified GnRH‐I peptide sequence on a male antifertility vaccine. AJRI…”
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Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of DNA encoding a 60 kDa stress protein of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, the causative agent of Johne's disease
Published in Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) (01-12-1994)“…Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to generate DNA encoding a 60 kDa stress protein of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis using primers complementary to…”
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The molecular biology and immunology of the 60-kda stress protein (65-kda antigen) of mycobacterium paratuberculosis
Published 01-01-1994“…M. paratuberculosis infection in sheep causes a chronic granulomatous enteritis, characterised by a massive cellular infiltration of macrophages, epithelioid…”
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Nomenclature of mycobacterial stress proteins (65 kDa antigens) and other members of the Hsp60 family
Published in Trends in microbiology (Regular ed.) (01-08-1994)Get more information
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