Theileria: Intracellular protozoan parasites of wild and domestic ruminants transmitted by ixodid ticks

Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Bishop, Richard ^a   Musoke, A ^a   Morzaria, S ^a   Gardner, M ^b   Nene, V ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracellular protozoa; Ixodid tick; Recombinant vaccine; Sporozoite; Theileria; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOVIDS; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMETE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SCHIZONT; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ARACHNID VECTORS; IXODIDAE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RUMINANTS; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA;

EID: 20344382719     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003004748     Document Type: Review

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