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The biology of Theileria parva and control of East Coast fever - Current status and future trends by Nene, Vishvanath, Kiara, Henry, Lacasta, Anna, Pelle, Roger, Svitek, Nicholas, Steinaa, Lucilla

“…Tremendous progress has been made over the last ten years on East Coast fever (ECF) research. Publication of a reference genome sequence of Theileria parva,…”
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Where Might We Find Ecologically Intact Communities? by Plumptre, Andrew J., Baisero, Daniele, Belote, R. Travis, Vázquez-Domínguez, Ella, Faurby, Soren, Jȩdrzejewski, Włodzimierz, Kiara, Henry, Kühl, Hjalmar, Benítez-López, Ana, Luna-Aranguré, Carlos, Voigt, Maria, Wich, Serge, Wint, William, Gallego-Zamorano, Juan, Boyd, Charlotte

“…Conservation efforts should target the few remaining areas of the world that represent outstanding examples of ecological integrity and aim to restore…”
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Are there gender differences in access to and demand for East Coast fever vaccine? Empirical evidence from rural smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya by Humphrey Jumba, Henry Kiara, George Owuor, Nils Teufel

“…Women lag in the adoption of agricultural innovations compared to men, mainly due to gender inequalities in access to complementary inputs, capital, and…”
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Detection of Brucella spp. in raw milk from various livestock species raised under pastoral production systems in Isiolo and Marsabit Counties, northern Kenya by Wainaina, Martin, Aboge, Gabriel O., Omwenga, Isaac, Ngaywa, Catherine, Ngwili, Nicholas, Kiara, Henry, Wamwere-Njoroge, George, Bett, Bernard

“…Introduction Brucellosis is an important zoonotic disease in Kenya, and identifying the bacteria in milk is important in assessing the risk of exposure in…”
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Farm and Livelihood Characteristics After ITM Vaccination Against East Coast Fever in Tanzania by Teufel, Nils, Korir, Luke, Hammond, James, van Wijk, Mark, Kiara, Henry

“…East Coast Fever is a critical cattle disease in East and Southern Africa which is currently mainly controlled through frequent chemical removal of ticks, the…”
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Parasite co-infections and their impact on survival of indigenous cattle by Thumbi, Samuel M, Bronsvoort, Barend Mark de Clare, Poole, Elizabeth Jane, Kiara, Henry, Toye, Philip G, Mbole-Kariuki, Mary Ndila, Conradie, Ilana, Jennings, Amy, Handel, Ian Graham, Coetzer, Jacobus Andries Wynand, Steyl, Johan C A, Hanotte, Olivier, Woolhouse, Mark E J

“…In natural populations, individuals may be infected with multiple distinct pathogens at a time. These pathogens may act independently or interact with each…”
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The epidemiology of tick-borne haemoparasites as determined by the reverse line blot hybridization assay in an intensively studied cohort of calves in western Kenya by Njiiri, Nyawira E., Bronsvoort, B. Mark deC, Collins, Nicola E., Steyn, Helena C., Troskie, Milana, Vorster, Ilse, Thumbi, S.M., Sibeko, Kgomotso P., Jennings, Amy, van Wyk, Ilana Conradie, Mbole-Kariuki, Mary, Kiara, Henry, Poole, E. Jane, Hanotte, Olivier, Coetzer, Koos, Oosthuizen, Marinda C., Woolhouse, Mark, Toye, Philip

“…•A reverse line blot assay was used to estimate tick-borne haemoparasite prevalence in an intensively studied cohort of indigenous cattle in western…”
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Genes encoding two Theileria parva antigens recognized by CD8+ T-cells exhibit sequence diversity in South Sudanese cattle populations but the majority of alleles are similar to the Muguga component of the live vaccine cocktail by Salih, Diaeldin A, Pelle, Roger, Mwacharo, Joram M, Njahira, Moses N, Marcellino, Wani L, Kiara, Henry, Malak, Agol K, El Hussein, Abdel Rahim M, Bishop, Richard, Skilton, Robert A

“…East Coast fever (ECF), caused by Theileria parva infection, is a frequently fatal disease of cattle in eastern, central and southern Africa, and an emerging…”
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Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle by Patel, Ekta, Mwaura, Stephen, Kiara, Henry, Morzaria, Subhash, Peters, Andrew, Toye, Philip

“…The Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) of vaccination against the apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva has been used since the early 1970s and is still the…”
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IDEAL, the Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock project open access database and biobank by Callaby, Rebecca, Pendarovski, Cezar, Jennings, Amy, Mwangi, Samuel Thumbi, Van Wyk, Ilana, Mbole-Kariuki, Mary, Kiara, Henry, Toye, Philip G., Kemp, Steve, Hanotte, Olivier, Coetzer, Jacobus A. W., Handel, Ian G., Woolhouse, Mark E. J., de Clare Bronsvoort, Barend Mark

“…The Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL) project was a longitudinal cohort study of calf health which was conducted in Western Kenya between…”
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Co-infections determine patterns of mortality in a population exposed to parasite infection by Woolhouse, Mark E J, Thumbi, Samuel M, Jennings, Amy, Chase-Topping, Margo, Callaby, Rebecca, Kiara, Henry, Oosthuizen, Marinda C, Mbole-Kariuki, Mary N, Conradie, Ilana, Handel, Ian G, Poole, E Jane, Njiiri, Evalyne, Collins, Nicola E, Murray, Gemma, Tapio, Miika, Auguet, Olga Tosas, Weir, Willie, Morrison, W Ivan, Kruuk, Loeske E B, Bronsvoort, B Mark de C, Hanotte, Olivier, Coetzer, Koos, Toye, Philip G

“…Many individual hosts are infected with multiple parasite species, and this may increase or decrease the pathogenicity of the infections. This phenomenon is…”
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Design and descriptive epidemiology of the Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock (IDEAL) project, a longitudinal calf cohort study in western Kenya by de Clare Bronsvoort, Barend Mark, Thumbi, Samuel Mwangi, Poole, Elizabeth Jane, Kiara, Henry, Auguet, Olga Tosas, Handel, Ian Graham, Jennings, Amy, Conradie, Ilana, Mbole-Kariuki, Mary Ndila, Toye, Philip G, Hanotte, Olivier, Coetzer, J A W, Woolhouse, Mark E J

“…There is a widely recognised lack of baseline epidemiological data on the dynamics and impacts of infectious cattle diseases in east Africa. The Infectious…”
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nested PCR assay exhibits enhanced sensitivity for detection of Theileria parva infections in bovine blood samples from carrier animals by Odongo, David O, Sunter, Jack D, Kiara, Henry K, Skilton, Robert A, Bishop, Richard P

“…Theileria parva causes East Coast fever, an economically important disease of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa. We describe a nested polymerase chain reaction…”
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Seroprevalence and risk factors of Peste des petits ruminants in different production systems in Uganda by Nkamwesiga, Joseph, Lumu, Paul, Nalumenya, David Paul, Korennoy, Fedor, Roesel, Kristina, Wieland, Barbara, Perez, Andres, Kiara, Henry, Muhanguzi, Dennis

“…Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is a highly contagious and fatal disease of mostly domestic goats and sheep. First reported in Uganda in 2007, the extent of…”
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Spatio‐temporal cluster analysis and transmission drivers for Peste des Petits Ruminants in Uganda by Nkamwesiga, Joseph, Korennoy, Fedor, Lumu, Paul, Nsamba, Peninah, Mwiine, Frank Nobert, Roesel, Kristina, Wieland, Barbara, Perez, Andres, Kiara, Henry, Muhanguzi, Dennis

“…Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) is a transboundary, highly contagious, and fatal disease of small ruminants. PPR causes global annual economic losses of…”
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Comparative studies on the infectivity of Theileria parva in ticks fed in vitro and those fed on cattle by Musyoki, J.M, Osir, E.O, Kiara, H.K, Kokwaro, E.D

“…Nymphs of the brown ear tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, were fed on heparinised bovine blood infected with Theileria parva parasites in an in vitro feeding…”
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Mobile veterinary clinics in the drylands of Kenya: securing pastoralists' livelihoods by bringing services close by Omondi, Immaculate, Baltenweck, Isabelle, Kinuthia, Emmanuel, Kirui, Leonard, Njoroge-Wamwere, George, Bett, Bernard, Munene, Ambrose, Onle, Siyat, Dida, Diba, Kiara, Henry

“…Livestock productivity for pastoralist households, who depend upon their livestock as a source of livelihood, is constrained by infectious diseases among other…”
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Willingness to pay for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccination in Narok South District of Kenya by Kairu-Wanyoike, Salome W, Kaitibie, Simeon, Heffernan, Claire, Taylor, Nick M, Gitau, George K, Kiara, Henry, McKeever, Declan

“…Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an economically important trans-boundary cattle disease which affects food security and livelihoods. A conjoint…”
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Gastrointestinal nematode infection in small ruminants in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Asmare, Kassahun, Sheferaw, Desie, Aragaw, Kassaye, Abera, Mesele, Sibhat, Berhanu, Haile, Aynalem, Kiara, Henry, Szonyi, Barbara, Skjerve, Eystein, Wieland, Barbara

“…[Display omitted] The review provides pooled prevalence estimates of GI nematode infestation in small ruminants in Ethiopia. •The pooled prevalence estimate of…”
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Genes encoding two Theileria parva antigens recognized by CD8.sup.+ T-cells exhibit sequence diversity in South Sudanese cattle populations but the majority of alleles are similar to the Muguga component of the live vaccine cocktail by Salih, Diaeldin A, Pelle, Roger, Mwacharo, Joram M, Njahira, Moses N, Marcellino, Wani L, Kiara, Henry, Malak, Agol K, EL Hussein, Abdel Rahim M, Bishop, Richard, Skilton, Robert A

“…East Coast fever (ECF), caused by Theileria parva infection, is a frequently fatal disease of cattle in eastern, central and southern Africa, and an emerging…”
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