Andrew Tait
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Gharbi M, Darghouth M, Weir W, Katzer F, Boulter N, Adamson R, et al.
Vaccine
. 2011 Jul;
29(38):6620-8.
PMID: 21762754
Current methods for control of tropical theileriosis in cattle suffer from several disadvantages that could be circumvented by development of an effective sub-unit vaccine. Previous work has utilised two major...
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Weir W, Karagenc T, Gharbi M, Simuunza M, Aypak S, Aysul N, et al.
Int J Parasitol
. 2010 Sep;
41(2):193-203.
PMID: 20833170
The tick-borne apicomplexan parasite Theileria annulata is endemic in many sub-tropical countries and causes the bovine disease tropical theileriosis. Although the parasite is known to be highly diverse, detailed information...
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Weir W, Sunter J, Chaussepied M, Skilton R, Tait A, de Villiers E, et al.
Infect Genet Evol
. 2009 May;
9(4):453-61.
PMID: 19460310
The published genomic sequences of the two major host-transforming Theileria species of cattle represent a rich resource of information that has allowed novel bioinformatic and experimental studies into these important...
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Beck H, Blake D, Darde M, Felger I, Pedraza-Diaz S, Regidor-Cerrillo J, et al.
Int J Parasitol
. 2008 Nov;
39(2):175-89.
PMID: 18983997
Apicomplexan parasites include many parasites of importance either for livestock or as causative agents of human diseases. The importance of these parasites has been recognised by the European Commission and...
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Weir W, Ben-Miled L, Karagenc T, Katzer F, Darghouth M, Shiels B, et al.
Mol Biochem Parasitol
. 2007 Jun;
154(2):170-80.
PMID: 17540465
Tropical theileriosis, caused by the tick-transmitted protozoan Theileria annulata, is a major disease of cattle in many regions of the developing world. Development and deployment of current and novel control...
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Darghouth M, Boulter N, Gharbi M, Sassi L, Tait A, Hall R
Vet Parasitol
. 2006 Jul;
142(1-2):54-62.
PMID: 16870344
The sporozoite surface antigen, SPAG-1 and the attenuated schizont infected Tunisian line CL1 of Theileria annulata have been shown, in previous studies, to induce variable levels of protection against homologous...
17.
Masiga D, Ndungu K, Tweedie A, Tait A, Turner C
Exp Parasitol
. 2006 Apr;
114(3):147-53.
PMID: 16624308
We compared two methods to generate polymorphic markers to investigate the population genetics of Trypanosoma evansi; random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and amplified restriction fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analyses. AFLP...
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Berriman M, Ghedin E, Hertz-Fowler C, Blandin G, Renauld H, Bartholomeu D, et al.
Science
. 2005 Jul;
309(5733):416-22.
PMID: 16020726
African trypanosomes cause human sleeping sickness and livestock trypanosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa. We present the sequence and analysis of the 11 megabase-sized chromosomes of Trypanosoma brucei. The 26-megabase genome contains...
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Pain A, Renauld H, Berriman M, Murphy L, Yeats C, Weir W, et al.
Science
. 2005 Jul;
309(5731):131-3.
PMID: 15994557
Theileria annulata and T. parva are closely related protozoan parasites that cause lymphoproliferative diseases of cattle. We sequenced the genome of T. annulata and compared it with that of T....
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van Rossum A, Jefferies J, Rijsewijk F, LaCourse E, Teesdale-Spittle P, Barrett J, et al.
Infect Immun
. 2004 Apr;
72(5):2780-90.
PMID: 15102788
The phase II detoxification system glutathione transferase (GST) is associated with the establishment of parasitic nematode infections within the gastrointestinal environment of the mammalian host. We report the functional analysis...