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Mahmoud HY, Rady AA, Tanaka T. Molecular detection and characterization of Theileria annulata, Babesia bovis, and Babesia bigemina infecting cattle and buffalo in southern Egypt. Parasite Epidemiol Control 2024; 25:e00340. [PMID: 38333559 PMCID: PMC10847785 DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2024.e00340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Tick-borne diseases have a major adverse effect on livestock worldwide, causing enormous economic losses in meat and milk production as well threatening animal and public health. In this study, we aimed to detect and characterize piroplasms isolated from cattle and buffalo in southern Egypt, using molecular techniques. Three hundred blood samples were collected from cattle and buffalo in two governorates in southern Egypt. All 300 samples (100%) were confirmed to contain DNA, as they exhibited bands of bovine β-actin gene at the expected 227 bp for cattle and buffalo. The samples were analyzed by PCR for the presence of piroplasms, specifically Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, and Theileria annulata. Samples positive for the piroplasma 18S ribosomal RNA gene were further examined for two additional genes, spherical body protein 4 gene, to provide an enhanced degree of specificity for the identification of B. bovis and B. bigemina, and the major merozoite surface antigen gene for T. annulata. The infection rate for piroplasma spp. was 60/300 (20%). The positivity rates were 10.7% (32/300) for T. annulata, 5.3% (16/300) for B. bovis, and 4% (12/300) for B. bigemina. By host species, 42/150 (28%) cattle and 18/150 (12%) buffalo were positive for piroplasms. None of the isolates sequenced for the B. bovis isolates from buffalo in this study showed 100% identity with any sequence deposited in GenBank for the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (maximum identity value = 99.74%). Similarly, no T. annulata small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence identified in this study exhibited 100% identity with any sequence deposited in GenBank (maximum identity value = 99.89%). The current study provides a partial sequence of the T. annulata merozoite-piroplasm surface antigen gene, as well as the B. bovis and B. bigemina spherical body protein 4 genes, in cattle and buffalo in southern Egypt, and is the first report on these piroplasma genes in cattle and buffalo in southern Egypt.
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- Hassan Y.A.H. Mahmoud
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Animal Medicine Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Animal Medicine Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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Mwamuye MM, Obara I, Elati K, Odongo D, Bakheit MA, Jongejan F, Nijhof AM. Unique Mitochondrial Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Demonstrate Resolution Potential to Discriminate Theileria parva Vaccine and Buffalo-Derived Strains. Life (Basel) 2020; 10:life10120334. [PMID: 33302571 PMCID: PMC7764068 DOI: 10.3390/life10120334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Distinct pathogenic and epidemiological features underlie different Theileria parva strains resulting in different clinical manifestations of East Coast Fever and Corridor Disease in susceptible cattle. Unclear delineation of these strains limits the control of these diseases in endemic areas. Hence, an accurate characterization of strains can improve the treatment and prevention approaches as well as investigate their origin. Here, we describe a set of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) based on 13 near-complete mitogenomes of T. parva strains originating from East and Southern Africa, including the live vaccine stock strains. We identified 11 SNPs that are non-preferentially distributed within the coding and non-coding regions, all of which are synonymous except for two within the cytochrome b gene of buffalo-derived strains. Our analysis ascertains haplotype-specific mutations that segregate the different vaccine and the buffalo-derived strains except T. parva-Muguga and Serengeti-transformed strains suggesting a shared lineage between the latter two vaccine strains. Phylogenetic analyses including the mitogenomes of other Theileria species: T. annulata, T. taurotragi, and T. lestoquardi, with the latter two sequenced in this study for the first time, were congruent with nuclear-encoded genes. Importantly, we describe seven T. parva haplotypes characterized by synonymous SNPs and parsimony-informative characters with the other three transforming species mitogenomes. We anticipate that tracking T. parva mitochondrial haplotypes from this study will provide insight into the parasite’s epidemiological dynamics and underpin current control efforts.
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- Micky M. Mwamuye
- Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany; (I.O.); (K.E.)
- Correspondence: (M.M.M.); (A.M.N.); Tel.: +49-30-838-62326 (A.M.N.)
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- Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany; (I.O.); (K.E.)
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- Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany; (I.O.); (K.E.)
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100 Nairobi, Kenya;
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 321-11115 Khartoum, Sudan;
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- Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Programme, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, 0110 Onderstepoort, South Africa;
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- Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, 14163 Berlin, Germany; (I.O.); (K.E.)
- Correspondence: (M.M.M.); (A.M.N.); Tel.: +49-30-838-62326 (A.M.N.)
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Pienaar R, Troskie PC, Josemans AI, Potgieter FT, Maboko BB, Latif AA, Mans BJ. Investigations into the carrier-state of Theileria sp. (buffalo) in cattle. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-PARASITES AND WILDLIFE 2020; 11:136-142. [PMID: 32071860 PMCID: PMC7010998 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The Theileria are apicomplexan parasites transmitted by ticks to vertebrate hosts. Most Theileria species exhibit some form of host or vector specificity, since under endemic conditions only a limited number of tick species act as vectors and not all vertebrate hosts are able to maintain a persistent carrier state. Data for Theileria sp. (buffalo) suggest host specificity for African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). However, T. sp. (buffalo) infections in cattle co-grazing with African buffalo have been reported in Kenya and schizonts were cultured from these infected cattle, raising questions regarding host specificity. A Corridor disease outbreak in 2013 on a ranch in South Africa where cattle co-grazed with Theileria parva and T. sp. (buffalo) infected buffalo presented the opportunity to investigate the possible carrier-state of T. sp. (buffalo) in cattle using real-time PCR analysis. Almost all buffalo (n = 19, 95%) were infected with T. sp. (buffalo) and showed CP values (22-20) indicative of high parasitemia similar to that observed for buffalo in endemic areas. Conversely, only ~14-27% cattle (n = 69, 100, 96) were positive with CP values (31-40) suggesting low parasitemia and a carrier state epidemiology different from African buffalo. Long term monitoring of T. sp. (buffalo) positive cattle showed that most cattle lost their parasitemia or presented fluctuating parasitemia around the PCR assay detection limit. A single splenectomized animal showed a persistent carrier state. The general trends and epidemiology observed in cattle infected with T. sp. (buffalo) are similar to that seen for buffalo-adapted T. parva, for which a defined carrier state in cattle has not yet been proven. The study suggests that cattle may be infected by T. sp. (buffalo) but are not definitive hosts that play an important part in the epidemiology of this parasite.
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- Ronel Pienaar
- Epidemiology, Parasites and Vectors, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
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- Epidemiology, Parasites and Vectors, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
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- Epidemiology, Parasites and Vectors, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
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- Epidemiology, Parasites and Vectors, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
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- Epidemiology, Parasites and Vectors, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa
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- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, Westville, South Africa
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- Epidemiology, Parasites and Vectors, Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, Onderstepoort, 0110, South Africa.,The Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.,Department of Life and Consumer Sciences, University of South Africa, South Africa
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Clift SJ, Collins NE, Oosthuizen MC, Steyl JCA, Lawrence JA, Mitchell EP. The Pathology of Pathogenic Theileriosis in African Wild Artiodactyls. Vet Pathol 2019; 57:24-48. [PMID: 31854265 DOI: 10.1177/0300985819879443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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The published literature on schizont-"transforming," or pathogenic theileriosis, in African wild artiodactyls is dated and based on limited information. Here the authors review the taxonomy, diagnosis, epidemiology, hematology, pathology, and aspects of control in various species. Molecular studies based on 18S and 16S rRNA gene sequences have shown that African wild artiodactyls are commonly infected with diverse Theileria spp., as well as nontheilerial hemoprotozoa and rickettsia-like bacteria, and coinfections with pathogenic and nonpathogenic Theileria species are often recorded. Although theileriosis is still confusingly referred to as cytauxzoonosis in many species, the validity of a separate Cytauxzoon genus in artiodactyls is debated. The epidemiology of theileriosis is complex; the likelihood of fatal disease depends on the interplay of parasite, vertebrate host, tick vector, and environmental factors. Roan calves (Hippotragus equinus) and stressed animals of all host species are more susceptible to fatal theileriosis. Even though regenerative anemia is common, peripheral blood piroplasm parasitemia does not correlate with disease severity. Other than anemia, common macroscopic lesions include icterus, hemorrhages (mucosal, serosal, and tissue), fluid effusions into body cavities, lung edema, and variably sized raised cream-colored foci of leukocyte infiltration in multiple organs. Histopathologic findings include vasocentric hyperproliferation and lysis of atypical leukocytes with associated intracellular schizonts, parenchymal necrosis, hemorrhage, thromboembolism, and edema. Immunophenotyping is required to establish the identity of the schizont-transformed leukocytes in wild ungulates. Throughout the review, we propose avenues for future research by comparing existing knowledge on selected aspects of theileriosis in domestic livestock with that in African wild artiodactyls.
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- Sarah J Clift
- Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Program, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases Research Program, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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- Department of Paraclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
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Pienaar R, Latif AA, Mans BJ. Investigations into the host specificity of Theileria taurotragi. Vet Parasitol 2018; 254:30-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2018.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bonnet S, Michelet L, Moutailler S, Cheval J, Hébert C, Vayssier-Taussat M, Eloit M. Identification of parasitic communities within European ticks using next-generation sequencing. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8:e2753. [PMID: 24675738 PMCID: PMC3967966 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Background Risk assessment of tick-borne and zoonotic disease emergence necessitates sound knowledge of the particular microorganisms circulating within the communities of these major vectors. Assessment of pathogens carried by wild ticks must be performed without a priori, to allow for the detection of new or unexpected agents. Methodology/Principal Findings We evaluated the potential of Next-Generation Sequencing techniques (NGS) to produce an inventory of parasites carried by questing ticks. Sequences corresponding to parasites from two distinct genera were recovered in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Eastern France: Babesia spp. and Theileria spp. Four Babesia species were identified, three of which were zoonotic: B. divergens, Babesia sp. EU1 and B. microti; and one which infects cattle, B. major. This is the first time that these last two species have been identified in France. This approach also identified new sequences corresponding to as-yet unknown organisms similar to tropical Theileria species. Conclusions/Significance Our findings demonstrate the capability of NGS to produce an inventory of live tick-borne parasites, which could potentially be transmitted by the ticks, and uncovers unexpected parasites in Western Europe. Diseases transmitted by ticks have diverse etiology (viral, bacterial, parasitic) and are responsible for high morbidity and mortality rates around the world, both in humans and animals. The emergence or re-emergence of tick-borne diseases is increasingly becoming a problem as the geographical distribution of several tick species is expanding, as well as the numbers of potential or known tick-borne pathogens are constantly evolving. It is thus necessary to know which microorganisms circulate within communities of this major vector to ensure adequate epidemiological surveillance. In this study, we evaluated the potential of Next-Generation Sequencing techniques (NGS) to produce, without a priori, an inventory of both predicted and non-expected parasites carried by Ixodes ricinus, the most prevalent human biting tick in France. Our findings suggest that NGS strategies could be used to produce an inventory of live parasites residing in ticks from a selected area, thereby expanding our knowledge base of tick-associated parasites.
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- Sarah Bonnet
- USC INRA Bartonella-tiques, UMR BIPAR ENVA-ANSES, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- USC INRA Bartonella-tiques, UMR BIPAR ENVA-ANSES, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- USC INRA Bartonella-tiques, UMR BIPAR ENVA-ANSES, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- PathoQuest SAS, Paris, France
- Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, UMR 1161 Virologie ENVA, INRA, ANSES, Maisons-Alfort, France
- Institut Pasteur, Laboratory of Pathogen Discovery, Paris, France
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Githaka N, Konnai S, Bishop R, Odongo D, Lekolool I, Kariuki E, Gakuya F, Kamau L, Isezaki M, Murata S, Ohashi K. Identification and sequence characterization of novel Theileria genotypes from the waterbuck (Kobus defassa) in a Theileria parva-endemic area in Kenya. Vet Parasitol 2014; 202:180-93. [PMID: 24690249 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.02.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Revised: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Waterbuck (Kobus defassa), an ungulate species endemic to the Eastern African savannah, is suspected of being a wildlife reservoir for tick-transmitted parasites infective to livestock. Waterbuck is infested by large numbers of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, the tick vector for Theileria parva, and previous data suggests that the species may be a source of T. parva transmission to cattle. In the present study, a total of 86 cattle and 26 waterbuck blood samples were obtained from Marula, a site in Kenya endemic for East Coast fever (ECF) where the primary wildlife reservoir of T. parva the Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is also common. To investigate for the presence of cattle-infective Theileria parasites, DNA specimens extracted from the blood samples were subjected to two diagnostic assays; a nested PCR based on the p104 gene that is specific for T. parva, and a reverse line blot (RLB) incorporating 13 oligonucleotide probes including all of the Theileria spp. so far described from livestock and wildlife in Kenya. Neither assay provided evidence of T. parva or Theileria sp. (buffalo) infection in the waterbuck DNA samples. By contrast, majority of the cattle samples (67.4%) were positive for T. parva using a nested PCR assay. The RLB assay, including a generic probe for the genus Theileria, indicated that 25/26 (96%) of the waterbuck samples were positive for Theileria, while none of the 11 Theileria species-specific probes hybridized with the waterbuck-derived PCR products. Phylogenetic analysis of 18S ribosomal RNA (18S rRNA) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences within the RLB-positive waterbuck samples revealed the occurrence of three Theileria genotypes of unknown identity designated A, B and C. Group A clustered with Theileria equi, a pathogenic Theileria species and a causative agent of equine piroplasmosis in domestic equids. However, DNA from this group failed to hybridize with the T. equi oligonucleotide present on the RLB filter probe, suggesting the occurrence of novel taxa in these animals. This was confirmed by DNA sequencing that revealed heterogeneity between the waterbuck isolates and previously reported T. equi genotypes. Group B parasites clustered closely with Theileria luwenshuni, a highly pathogenic parasite of sheep and goats reported from China. Group C was closely related to Theileria ovis, an apparently benign parasite of sheep. Together, these findings provided no evidence that waterbuck plays a role in the transmission of T. parva. However, novel Theileria genotypes detected in this bovid species may be of veterinary importance.
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- Naftaly Githaka
- Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0818, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0818, Japan
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- International Livestock Research Institute, ILRI, P.O. Box 30709-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- International Livestock Research Institute, ILRI, P.O. Box 30709-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Kenya Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 40241-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Kenya Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 40241-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Kenya Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 40241-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Zoological Sciences, Kenyatta University, P.O. Box 43844-00100, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0818, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0818, Japan
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- Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0818, Japan.
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Li Y, Liu Z, Yang J, Chen Z, Guan G, Niu Q, Zhang X, Luo J, Yin H. Infection of small ruminants and their red blood cells with Theileria annulata schizonts. Exp Parasitol 2013; 137:21-4. [PMID: 24316464 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Theileria annulata, the causative agent of tropical theileriosis, is a protozoan parasite that also causes lymphoproliferative diseases in cattle. In vivo, parasitized cells undergo clonal expansion and infiltrate both the lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues of the infected host. To determine whether the small ruminants and their red blood cells (RBCs) were invaded by T. annulata schizonts or not, T. annulata schizonts were used to infect bovine, ovine and caprine RBCs in vitro, and sheep and goats in vivo. The results showed that the schizonts infected bovine, ovine and caprine RBCs in vitro, but not sheep and goats, which showed only an increase in body temperature and no development of piroplasms. To our knowledge, this is the first report of infection of small ruminants and their RBCs by T. annulata schizonts.
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- Youquan Li
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Key Laboratory of Veterinary Parasitology of Gansu Province, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China; Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China.
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Evaluation of indirect TaSP enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of tropical theileriosis in cattle (Bos indicus) and water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Egypt. Vet Parasitol 2011; 186:486-9. [PMID: 22136769 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2011] [Revised: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to evaluate the validity of Theileria annulata surface protein (TaSP)-ELISA, in comparison with traditional microscopic test, for the diagnosis of T. annulata infection among Egyptian baladi cattle (Bos taurus) and water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis). Molecular confirmation of infection using T. annulata merozoite surface (Tams-1) target amplification by PCR was used as a gold standard. A total of 76 clinically suspected animals including 64 baladi cattle and 12 water buffaloes were investigated in the current study by the three methods. Based on the PCR-confirmed results, the evaluation study revealed higher sensitivity of TaSP-ELISA (72.9% and 75%) as compared to microscopic examination (58.3% and 50%) among cattle and buffaloes, respectively. On the other hand, the specificity of TaSP-ELISA in diagnosis of T. annulata infection was higher (87.5%) in baladi cattle as compared to water buffaloes (37.5%). In conclusion, TaSP-ELISA was shown to be suitable for the diagnosis of T. annulata infection in cattle under field conditions.
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Diversity in the 18S SSU rRNA V4 hyper-variable region of Theileria spp. in Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and cattle from southern Africa. Parasitology 2011; 138:766-79. [PMID: 21349232 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182011000187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Sequence variation within the 18S SSU rRNA V4 hyper-variable region can affect the accuracy of real-time hybridization probe-based diagnostics for the detection of Theileria spp. infections. This is relevant for assays that use non-specific primers, such as the real-time hybridization assay for T. parva (Sibeko et al. 2008). To assess the effect of sequence variation on this test, the Theileria 18S gene from 62 buffalo and 49 cattle samples was cloned and ∼1000 clones sequenced. Twenty-six genotypes were detected which included known and novel genotypes for the T. buffeli, T. mutans, T. taurotragi and T. velifera clades. A novel genotype related to T. sp. (sable) was also detected in 1 bovine sample. Theileria genotypic diversity was higher in buffalo compared to cattle. Polymorphism within the T. parva hyper-variable region was confirmed by aberrant real-time melting peaks and supported by sequencing of the S5 ribosomal gene. Analysis of the S5 gene suggests that this gene can be a marker for species differentiation. T. parva, T. sp. (buffalo) and T. sp. (bougasvlei) remain the only genotypes amplified by the primer set of the hybridization assay. Therefore, the 18S sequence diversity observed does not seem to affect the current real-time hybridization assay for T. parva.
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Theilerial parasites isolated from carrier cattle afterimmunization with Theileria parva by the infection and treatment method. Parasitology 2009. [DOI: 10.1017/s003118200007219x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Groups of cattle were immunized with 10−2 dilutions of sporozoite stabilates of Theileria parva lawrencei derived from African buffaloes either alone or in combination with Theileria parva parva derived from cattle and concomitant treatment with either long or short-acting formulations of oxytetracyline. At 90 or 120 days after infection, uninfected Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphal ticks were applied to individual immunized cattle and the resultant adults ticks were applied to individual susceptible cattle. Theilerial infection developed from ticks fed on 6 out of 11 animals investigated for evidence of a carrier state. Two additional animals were shown by cell-culture isolation to have persistent theilerial infections. Nine cattle infected with the parasites from carrier animals were treated with parvaquone and 7 recovered. These recovered cattle were then challenged with the original immunizing stabilates at 10° dilution together with the original immunized and carrier cattle. Six out of 7 cattle which had recovered from carrier-derived infection succumbed to this challenge and died but none of the original immunized cattle showed theilerial reactions. When a carrier-derived sporozoite stabilate was used to challenge cattle immune to the original immunizing parasite, they proved to be immune. Cattle immune to the carrier-derived parasites were all immune to challenge with the original parasite. A monoclonal antibody profile aginst T. parva schizonts isolated by cell culture from samples of the experimental animals did not appear to be sensitive enough to determine the antigenic differences between the carrier-derived parasite and the original immunizing parasite. Indications are that the carrier state is not likely to produce new antigenic strains which would be dangerous to immunized cattle.
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Bishop R, Musoke A, Morzaria S, Gardner M, Nene V. Theileria: intracellular protozoan parasites of wild and domestic ruminants transmitted by ixodid ticks. Parasitology 2006; 129 Suppl:S271-83. [PMID: 15938515 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182003004748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Theileria are economically important, intra-cellular protozoa, transmitted by ixodid ticks, which infect wild and domestic ruminants. In the mammalian host, parasites infect leukocytes and erythrocytes. In the arthropod vector they develop in gut epithelial cells and salivary glands. All four intra-cellular stages of Theileria survive free in the cytoplasm. The schizont stages of certain Theileria species induce a unique, cancer-like, phenotype in infected host leukocytes. Theileria undergoes an obligate sexual cycle, involving fusion of gametes in the tick gut, to produce a transiently diploid zygote. The existence of sexual recombination in T. parva has been confirmed in the laboratory, and is presumed to contribute to the extensive polymorphism observed in field isolates. Key parameters in T. parva population dynamics are the relative importance of asymptomatic carrier cattle and animals undergoing severe disease, in transmission of the parasite to ticks, and the extent of transmission by nymphs as compared to adult ticks. Tick populations differ in vector competence for specific T. parva stocks. Recombinant forms of T. parva and T. annulata sporozoite surface antigens induce protection against parasite challenge in cattle. In future, vaccines might be improved by inclusion of tick peptides in multivalent vaccines.
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- R Bishop
- The International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Syfrig J, Wells C, Daubenberger C, Musoke AJ, Naessens J. Proteolytic cleavage of surface proteins enhances susceptibility of lymphocytes to invasion by Theileria parva sporozoites. Eur J Cell Biol 1998; 76:125-32. [PMID: 9696352 DOI: 10.1016/s0171-9335(98)80025-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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A flow cytometric method using anti-parasite antibodies was developed to measure binding of Theileria parva sporozoites to the target bovine lymphocyte membrane. Parasite-host cell interactions could be inhibited by monoclonal antibodies to bovine MHC class I and partially by one of two antibodies to BoCD45R. Proteolysis of the lymphocyte surface removed CD45R but not MHC class I determinants, and enhanced sporozoite binding. These observations support the hypothesis that CD45R and CD45R antibodies may nonspecifically prevent close approximation between sporozoites and lymphocytes. Interestingly, under normal conditions, sporozoites of T. parva did not attach to lymphocytes from goats, but did so when the cells were treated with the protease, suggesting that receptor(s) for T. parva sporozoites might be present on caprine cells but are not easily accessible. These and other results indicate that proteases may be involved in binding and entry of T. parva sporozoites. Electron microscopy revealed that the process of binding and entry of sporozoites into protease-treated goat lymphocytes was very similar to that of the bovine cells. However, schizonts did not develop and lymphocyte proliferation was not induced, indicating that cell entry by sporozoites and cellular transformation are separate processes.
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- J Syfrig
- International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
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Kimbita EN, Silayo RS. Use of an in vitro infectivity assay in comparison with histological techniques in the study of Theileria parva sporozoite maturation. Vet Parasitol 1997; 70:83-97. [PMID: 9195713 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(96)01106-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Adult male and female Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks infected with Theileria parva (Muguga 3087) were fed on rabbits and the development of infection was monitored daily using light microscopy and an in vitro titration technique able to quantify the infectivity of sporozoite suspensions. The salivary glands stained with methyl green pyronine showed presence of infection in some unfed ticks. The intensity of staining was shown to increase with the number of days the ticks had fed. The in vitro technique, on the other hand, could detect infection only in ticks which had fed for 3-5 days. Feeding of ticks on rabbits for 4 days produced significantly more sporozoites than any other lengths of feeding (P = 0.001). The in vitro assay was also able to demonstrate differences between male and female R. appendiculatus in production of infective sporozoites. Female ticks produced significantly more sporozoites than male ticks (P = 0.002).
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- E N Kimbita
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania
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Theileria are important tick-transmitted protozoan parasites that infect wild Bovidae and domestic animals throughout much of the world. Much of our understanding of Theileria sporozoite invasion of bovine cells is based on work on T. parva, the causative agent of East Coast fever in cattle throughout east, central and southern Africa. Sporozoite entry involves a defined series of sequential but separable steps that differ in important details from the invasion process in other apicomplexans such as Plasmodium and Toxoplasma. While the morphological features of invasion are fairly well documented, the detailed biology of the individual steps is only now becoming clear. This review summarizes much of this recent work on the biology of sporozoite entry. In particular, recent studies on the role of Ca2+ and cell activation processes in sporozoite entry suggest that the initial sporozoite binding event triggers the mobilization of intrasporozoite Ca2+ and the activation of both kinase and G-protein associated signalling processes in the parasite. These processes in turn regulate the invasive capacity of the sporozoite although the identity of these parasite molecules and how they contribute to the invasion process remain to be determined.
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- M K Shaw
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104-6018, USA.
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Leemans I, Hooshmand-Rad P, Uggla A. The indirect fluorescent antibody test based on schizont antigen for study of the sheep parasite Theileria lestoquardi. Vet Parasitol 1997; 69:9-18. [PMID: 9187025 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4017(96)01098-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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An indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT), based on schizont-infected lymphoblastoid cells, was applied to study the course of antibody production in adult sheep inoculated with attenuated, in vitro grown, Theileria lestoquardi (Theileria hirci) infected cells. Bright fluorescence of the intracellular schizonts could first be demonstrated 15 days after inoculation. A 32-64-fold rise in antibody titres was recorded 1 month after infection, and substantial titres were still observed 90 days after inoculation. Fluorescence was absent with negative control sera and background staining was minimal. No serological cross-reactions were detected with sheep sera positive for Babesia motasi, Babesia ovis or Toxoplasma gondii. Results obtained did not differ when antigens prepared from three different strains of T. lestoquardi infected lymphoid cells were compared. Testing for reactivity to non-pathogenic Theileria species of sheep revealed a low degree of cross-reaction of a Theileria ovis and a Theileria separata antiserum to T. lestoquardi antigen. Cross-reactions were also observed with bovine sera positive for Theileria annulata and Theileria parva. Moreover, T. lestoquardi positive sera reacted almost equally strongly with bovine T. annulata antigen as with their homologous antigen, whereas cross-reaction with bovine T. parva antigen was less pronounced. These results indicate a close antigenic relationship between ovine T. lestoquardi and T. annulata of cattle.
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- I Leemans
- Department of Parasitology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
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Bishop RP, Spooner PR, Kanhai GK, Kiarie J, Latif AA, Hove T, Masaka S, Dolan TT. Molecular characterization of Theileria parasites: application to the epidemiology of theileriosis in Zimbabwe. Parasitology 1994; 109 ( Pt 5):573-81. [PMID: 7831093 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000076459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Forty Theileria schizont-infected lymphocyte culture isolates from Zimbabwe were characterized using a panel of antischizont monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and 4 Theileria parva DNA probes containing cloned extrachromosomal element, Tpr repetitive, ribosomal and telomeric sequences. The Theileria isolates were assigned as T. parva or T. taurotragi on the basis of reactivities with MAbs and restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) detected using the extra-chromosomal element probe. Cattle-derived T. parva isolates were relatively homogeneous on the basis of reactivities with MAbs and RFLPs detected using Tpr repetitive and ribosomal DNA probes. In contrast to previous results from Kenya, most of the cattle-derived isolates from Zimbabwe exhibited very similar Tpr restriction fragment patterns, although the Tpr genotypes of buffalo-derived isolates were heterogeneous. This suggests that selection for a particular Tpr genotype may be occurring in cattle. Many isolates with similar Tpr genotypes were differentiated by RFLPs detected using the telomeric DNA probe. The T. parva Boleni immunizing stock was distinguished from all other isolates by telomeric RFLPs. The T. parva Boleni Tpr repetitive DNA probe cross-hybridized with T. taurotragi DNA and detected RFLPs between different T. taurotragi isolates.
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- R P Bishop
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya
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Kibe MK, ole-MoiYoi OK, Nene V, Khan B, Allsopp BA, Collins NE, Morzaria SP, Gobright EI, Bishop RP. Evidence for two single copy units in Theileria parva ribosomal RNA genes. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1994; 66:249-59. [PMID: 7808475 DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(94)90152-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Bacteriophage clones containing ribosomal RNA genes of Theileria parva were isolated from genomic DNA libraries. Physical mapping studies revealed 2 ribosomal DNA units, which were distinguishable by restriction enzyme site polymorphisms in flanking sequences. The cloned ribosomal DNA units were mapped to 2 separate T. parva chromosomes. Analysis of sequences contained in lambda EMBL3 recombinants, together with Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA and data on the copy number of the rRNA genes, suggested that the rDNA units were not tandemly repeated. This organisation of ribosomal transcription units is similar to that described for other genera of apicomplexan protozoa, but 2 rDNA units, each containing single copies of the rRNA coding genes, would be the lowest copy number described for any eukaryote in which amplification of rRNA genes is not known to occur. EcoRI restriction fragment length polymorphisms, which were revealed using rRNA gene probes, separated T. parva stocks into 2 categories. Nucleotide sequence analysis of polymerase chain reaction-amplified internal transcribed spacer DNA revealed 2 different ITS sequences derived from rDNA transcription units within the genome of a cloned T. parva parasite. Polymorphism was also observed between ITS sequences amplified from the DNA of different T. parva stocks. A synthetic oligonucleotide derived from T. parva Uganda ribosomal ITS DNA sequences hybridised to DNA from the T. parva Uganda stock, but not to the DNA of the T. parva Muguga stock. This oligonucleotide is potentially useful as a marker for the T. parva Uganda stock.
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- M K Kibe
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya
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Stagg DA, Bishop RP, Morzaria SP, Shaw MK, Wesonga D, Orinda GO, Grootenhuis JG, Molyneux DH, Young AS. Characterization of Theileria parva which infects waterbuck (Kobus defassa). Parasitology 1994; 108 ( Pt 5):543-54. [PMID: 8052510 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000077416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Theileria-free waterbuck (Kobus defassa) born in captivity were successfully infected with Theileria parva sporozoites derived from ticks infected by feeding on African buffalo (Syncerus caffer). All waterbuck underwent mild infections with the development of sporadic schizont and piroplasm parasitosis when inoculated with sporozoite doses lethal to cattle. A carrier state of T. parva was demonstrated by feeding clean R. appendiculatus nymphs on two of these infected waterbuck. Tick batches from these waterbuck on 2 of 5 occasions transmitted lethal Theileria infections to cattle. In a separate experiment, waterbuck cells were infected and transformed in vitro by T. parva sporozoites derived from buffalo but not by cattle-derived T. parva (Muguga) sporozoites. Waterbuck cells infected in vitro with T. parva isolated from buffalo were inoculated into autologous waterbuck but no infections developed. Theileria parva isolates generated in this study from various sources were characterized using anti-T. parva schizont monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), and it was found that buffalo-derived and waterbuck-passaged isolates had different profiles. Species-specific synthetic oligonucleotide probes, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis with cloned T. parva DNA probes, and DNA sequence analysis of the p67 sporozoite antigen gene confirmed that the waterbuck-passaged parasite was T. parva. The Tpr repetitive probe hybridization patterns from the waterbuck-passaged parasites were different from the other samples tested. The ribosomal genotype of the waterbuck-passaged T. parva was similar to that of cattle-derived T. parva Muguga. Analyses with both probes and MAbs suggested that a minor parasite population present within the T. parva 7014 buffalo-derived stock had been selected during waterbuck passage.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D A Stagg
- National Veterinary Research Centre, Muguga, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kikuyu
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Bishop RP, Sohanpal BK, Morzaria SP, Dolan TT, Mwakima FN, Young AS. Discrimination between Theileria parva and T. taurotragi in the salivary glands of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks using oligonucleotides homologous to ribosomal RNA sequences. Parasitol Res 1994; 80:259-61. [PMID: 8036242 DOI: 10.1007/bf00932685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- R P Bishop
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Bishop RP, Sohanpal BK, Morzaria SP. Cloning and characterisation of a repetitive DNA sequence from Theileria mutans: application as a species-specific probe. Parasitol Res 1994; 80:33-41. [PMID: 8153123 DOI: 10.1007/bf00932621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Repetitive DNA sequences were isolated from a Theileria mutans genomic library by screening with T. mutans total DNA. DNA sequence analysis demonstrated that a section of one of the clones contained a complex series of overlapping perfect repeats ranging between 99 and 20 bp in size. The T. mutans repetitive sequence did not contain large open reading frames (ORFs), unlike T. parva Tpr repetitive DNA sequences. When used as a hybridisation probe the repetitive sequence revealed restriction-fragment-length polymorphisms (RFLPs) between the EcoRI-digested DNAs of two T. mutans stocks. The T. mutans repetitive probe gave a signal with 1 ng of purified T. mutans piroplasm DNA and detected T. mutans sequences in whole-blood DNA isolated from an experimentally infected animal when the piroplasm parasitaemia was equal to or above 0.4%. Oligonucleotide primers derived from the repetitive sequence allowed more sensitive detection of T. mutans DNA by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification. Using the PCR, T. mutans DNA was amplified from an experimentally infected animal with a parasitaemia of < 0.1%.
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- R P Bishop
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Allsopp BA, Baylis HA, Allsopp MT, Cavalier-Smith T, Bishop RP, Carrington DM, Sohanpal B, Spooner P. Discrimination between six species of Theileria using oligonucleotide probes which detect small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences. Parasitology 1993; 107 ( Pt 2):157-65. [PMID: 8414670 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000067263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The complete small subunit ribosomal RNA (srRNA) gene of Theileria parva was cloned and sequenced. Two primers were designed which permitted the specific amplification of part of the Theileria srRNA gene from Theileria-infected cell line samples which were predominantly (> 95%) bovine DNA. The sequence of the central (variable) region of the srRNA genes of T. annulata, T. taurotragi, T. mutants and two unidentified parasites referred to as Theileria sp. (buffalo) and Theileria sp. (Marula) were obtained. An alignment of the sequences was generated from which 6 oligonucleotide probes, corresponding to species-specific regions, were designed. These probes were demonstrated to provide unequivocal identification of each of the 6 species either by direct detection of parasite srRNA or by hybridization to amplified parasite srRNA genes. The probes were not able to distinguish buffalo-derived T. parva, the causal agent of Corridor disease, from cattle-derived T. parva, the causal agent of East Coast fever.
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- B A Allsopp
- University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry, UK
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Bishop RP, Sohanpal BK, Allsopp BA, Spooner PR, Dolan TT, Morzaria SP. Detection of polymorphisms among Theileria parva stocks using repetitive, telomeric and ribosomal DNA probes and anti-schizont monoclonal antibodies. Parasitology 1993; 107 ( Pt 1):19-31. [PMID: 8102796 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000079361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A total of 21 Theileria parva stocks from 6 countries were characterized using T. parva repetitive and ribosomal DNA probes, a Plasmodium berghei telomeric oligonucleotide and a panel of anti-schizont monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). Hybridization of the repetitive DNA probe to Southern blots of EcoRI-digested T. parva DNA revealed 20 different restriction fragment patterns among DNA samples isolated from infections initiated using 16 parasite stocks. The panel of anti-schizont MAbs defined 8 different profiles among schizont-infected lymphoblastoid cell-cultures infected with the same 16 T. parva stocks. Many stocks, which were differentiated by the repetitive DNA probe, could not be distinguished using the anti-schizont MAbs. A cloned T. parva small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSUrRNA) gene probe separated 17 T. parva stocks into 2 groups, exhibiting either 1 or 2 restriction fragments, when hybridized to EcoRI-digested T. parva DNA. When hybridized to PvuII-digested DNA from 8 T. parva stocks, the ribosomal probe identified 4 groups with similar restriction fragment patterns. A synthetic oligonucleotide derived from a P. berghei telomeric sequence hybridized to 7 or 8 size-polymorphic restriction fragments in the EcoRI-digested DNA of most T. parva stocks. The telomeric and ribosomal probes defined the same 4 groups among 8 T. parva stocks as assessed by similarities in restriction fragment patterns. Based on the comparison of repetitive DNA sequences from the T. parva Uganda and Muguga stocks, a synthetic oligonucleotide was developed which distinguished the DNA of the T. parva Uganda stock from that of 4 other T. parva stocks on a positive/negative basis.
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- R P Bishop
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Selected results of wildlife disease research in Kenya are given against the background of the socio-economic conflict in the wildlife/livestock interface. An attempt is made to rank the three areas of conflict between wildlife and livestock: feeding competition, disease control and predation. Disease survey results reveal the lack of wildlife reservoirs, with the exception of some important problem areas. Research on trypanosomiasis identifies a variety of adaptations evolved in wild Bovidae. The most striking result is the isolation of serum proteins from buffalo with trypanocidal activity against all common species of trypanosomes. The importance of wild Bovidae as reservoir hosts for theileriosis of livestock is discussed. The African buffalo presents the only known reservoir host of economic importance. The use of parasite stocks derived from buffalo has been effective to immunize cattle under field conditions in spite of the presence of an unknown number of antigenic types. The occurrence of common antigens indicated by successful immunization in the field was also confirmed by the recognition of common antigenic epitopes by cloned cytotoxic T cells. These results are encouraging for the plans afoot for large scale immunizations in Kenya. The co-existence of livestock and wildlife is threatened by declining profits and increasing costs for wildlife production and the absence of a general policy to encourage the full economic use of wildlife in areas where it competes with livestock.
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- J G Grootenhuis
- International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya
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Bishop R, Sohanpal B, Kariuki DP, Young AS, Nene V, Baylis H, Allsopp BA, Spooner PR, Dolan TT, Morzaria SP. Detection of a carrier state in Theileria parva-infected cattle by the polymerase chain reaction. Parasitology 1992; 104 ( Pt 2):215-32. [PMID: 1350672 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000061655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Two sets of oligonucleotide primers, one derived from a repetitive sequence and the other from the gene encoding a 67 kDa sporozoite antigen of Theileria parva, were used to amplify parasite DNA from the blood of T. parva-infected carrier cattle using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR amplification products were obtained from 15 carrier cattle infected with one of 4 different T. parva stocks. Successful amplifications were performed using DNA from 2 cattle infected with T. p. parva Pemba Mnarani, 10 cattle infected with T. p. parva Marikebuni, 2 cattle infected with T. p. bovis Boleni and 1 animal infected with T. p. lawrencei 7014. No amplification products were obtained from any of 7 cattle which had been infected with the T. p. parva Muguga stock. A synthetic oligonucleotide, which hybridized specifically to T. p. parva Marikebuni DNA among 6 T. parva stocks tested, was designed using sequence data from within the region of the T. parva genome amplified by the repetitive sequence primers. The oligonucleotide was used to probe PCR products and to increase the sensitivity and specificity of carrier animal detection. Southern blot analysis using a T. parva repetitive sequence probe demonstrated the existence of restriction fragment length polymorphisms between parasites isolated from T. p. parva Marikebuni-infected carrier cattle. The use of the PCR and other methods of carrier animal detection are discussed.
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- R Bishop
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Shaw MK, Tilney LG, Musoke AJ. The entry of Theileria parva sporozoites into bovine lymphocytes: evidence for MHC class I involvement. J Cell Biol 1991; 113:87-101. [PMID: 1901066 PMCID: PMC2288915 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.113.1.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We have examined the process of Theileria parva sporozoite entry into susceptible bovine lymphocytes and have begun to identify one of the possible molecular interactions involved in the process. The entry process involves a defined series of events and we have used a number of experimental procedures in combination with a method of quantitation to examine various aspects of this process. T. parva sporozoites are nonmotile organisms and the initial sporozoite-lymphocyte interaction is a chance event which can occur at 0-2 degrees C. All subsequent stages in the process are temperature dependent, require the participation of live intact sporozoites and host cells, and involve some cytochalasin-inhibitable rearrangement of the host cell surface membrane or cytoskeleton. Sporozoite entry can be inhibited by antibodies (mAbs) reactive with major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules (IL-A 19, IL-A 88) and with beta 2 microglobulin (B1G6), whereas mAbs reactive with MHC class II molecules (IL-A 21, J 11), and a common panleucocyte surface antigen, (IL-A 87; a bovine equivalent of CD 11a) have no effect. These results indicate that MHC class I molecules play a role in the process of T. parva sporozoite entry into bovine lymphocytes although as yet the precise role has not been determined. Once internalized within the lymphocyte, a process that takes less than 3 min at 37 degrees C, the sporozoite rapidly escapes from the encapsulating host cell membrane; a process which occurs concurrently with the discharge of the contents of the sporozoite rhoptries and microspheres. The intracytoplasmic parasite is covered by a layer of sporozoite-derived fuzzy material to which host cell microtubules rapidly become associated.
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- M K Shaw
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Young AS, Maritim AC, Kariuki DP, Stagg DA, Wafula JM, Mutugi JJ, Cummins JM, Richards AB, Burns C. Low-dose oral administration of human interferon alpha can control the development of Theileria parva infection in cattle. Parasitology 1990; 101 Pt 2:201-9. [PMID: 2124670 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000063241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Two natural human interferon alpha preparations, (nHuIFN-alpha [Cantell]) and (nHuIFN-alpha [ISI]), were used for the oral treatment of cattle experimentally infected with Theileria parva parva. In the first experiment, 8 Friesian bulls were inoculated with a 1 in 10 dilution of a sporozoite stabilate of T.p. parva (Marikebuni) stock. Four of the cattle were treated daily with 1 international unit/kg body weight (i.u./kg bwt) of nHuIFN-alpha (Cantell) from day -2 to day 8 p.i. None of the 4 calves given IFN developed clinical theileriosis, but 3 of the 4 control calves died of theileriosis while the fourth had a mild infection. Three of 4 treated calves and the 1 surviving control calf developed a detectable antibody response to T.p. parva schizont antigen but, on challenged with a 10-fold higher dose of stabilate, the surviving control animal and only 1 of the 4 treated calves proved to be immune. In a second experiment, 4 groups of 4 calves were inoculated with the same stabilate dilution. Three treatment groups were given either 1 i.u. nHuIFN-alpha (Cantell), 1 i.u. nHuIFN-alpha (ISI), or 10 i.u. nHuIFN-alpha (ISI)/kg bwt from day -2 to day 8 p.i. once daily and the fourth group were controls. Clinical theileriosis occurred in 2 controls, 2 calves given 10 i.u. nHuINF-alpha (ISI), 1 calf given 1 i.u. nHuIFN-alpha (ISI) and no calves given 1 i.u. nHuIFN-alpha (Cantell)/kg bwt. Of these, 2, 1, 0 and 0 cattle died in the respective groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- A S Young
- Protozoology Division, Muguga, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kikuyu
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Maritim AC, Young AS, Lesan AC, Ndungu SG, Mutugi JJ, Stagg DA. Theilerial parasites isolated from carrier cattle after immunization with Theileria parva by the infection and treatment method. Parasitology 1989; 99 Pt 1:139-47. [PMID: 2508037 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000061126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Groups of cattle were immunized with 10(-2) dilutions of sporozoite stabilates of Theileria parva lawrencei derived from African buffaloes either alone or in combination with Theileria parva parva derived from cattle and concomitant treatment with either long or short-acting formulations of oxytetracyline. At 90 or 120 days after infection, uninfected Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphal ticks were applied to individual immunized cattle and the resultant adults ticks were applied to individual susceptible cattle. Theilerial infection developed from ticks fed on 6 out of 11 animals investigated for evidence of a carrier state. Two additional animals were shown by cell-culture isolation to have persistent theilerial infections. Nine cattle infected with the parasites from carrier animals were treated with paravaquone and 7 recovered. These recovered cattle were then challenged with the original immunizing stabilates at 10 degrees dilution together with the original immunized and carrier cattle. Six out of 7 cattle which had recovered from carrier-derived infection succumbed to this challenge and died but none of the original immunized cattle showed theilerial reactions. When a carrier-derived sporozoite stabilate was used to challenge cattle immune to the original immunizing parasite, they proved to be immune. Cattle immune to the carrier-derived parasites were all immune to challenge with the original parasite. A monoclonal antibody profile against T. parva schizonts isolated by cell culture from samples of the experimental animals did not appear to be sensitive enough to determine the antigenic differences between the carrier-derived parasite and the original immunizing parasite. Indications are that the carrier state is not likely to produce new antigenic strains which would be dangerous to immunized cattle.
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- A C Maritim
- National Veterinary Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Kikuyu
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Conrad PA, ole-MoiYoi OK, Baldwin CL, Dolan TT, O'Callaghan CJ, Njamunggeh RE, Grootenhuis JG, Stagg DA, Leitch BL, Young AS. Characterization of buffalo-derived theilerial parasites with monoclonal antibodies and DNA probes. Parasitology 1989; 98 Pt 2:179-88. [PMID: 2569709 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000062089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The characteristics of intra-lymphocytic Theileria isolated from African buffalo and from cattle that were infected with buffalo-derived parasites were evaluated using anti-schizont monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and DNA probes. Antigenic differences were revealed by the reactivities of 27 mAbs with the buffalo-derived parasites isolated from different animals. Antigenic diversity was also seen with Theileria-infected lymphoblastoid cell isolates taken from the lymph nodes and lambda gt11, showed specific hybridization to parasite DNA in Southern blots of restriction enzyme-digested, lymphoblastoid cells infected with buffalo-derived theilerial parasites. Genotypic differences between the buffalo-derived parasites were revealed by the restriction fragment length polymorphisms seen with hybridization of those probes to DNA from cloned and uncloned Theileria-infected cell lines. The evaluation of theilerial parasites derived from buffalo and from cattle which underwent typical T. p. lawrencei reactions, after being infected with buffalo-derived theilerial parasites, did not show any specific phenotypic or genotypic characteristics of these parasites that would distinguish them from T. p. parva and T. p. bovis parasites. The validity of these subspecies distinctions is discussed.
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- P A Conrad
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Baldwin CL, Malu MN, Grootenhuis JG. Evaluation of cytotoxic lymphocytes and their parasite strain specificity from African buffalo infected with Theileria parva. Parasite Immunol 1988; 10:393-403. [PMID: 3140192 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1988.tb00229.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Theileria parva-reactive cytotoxic lymphocytes and their precursors were examined in the blood of African buffalo infected with T. parva and uninfected African buffalo. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) from eight of 11 infected buffalo were found to have potent cytotoxic activity after stimulation with autologous parasitized cells for 6 days in vitro, while PBM from uninfected buffalo or PBM from infected buffalo not stimulated in vitro had no cytotoxic activity. The cytotoxic activity was specific for parasitized cells and genetically restricted since there was no killing on uninfected autologous lymphoblasts and a lower percentage of killing on parasitized allogeneic lymphocytes than on targets of autologous parasitized cells. The cytotoxic cells tested for parasite strain specificity were shown to kill autologous cells transformed with different stocks of both cattle-derived (T. parva parva) and buffalo-derived (T. parva lawrencei) parasites.
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- C L Baldwin
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Young AS, Groocock CM, Kariuki DP. Integrated control of ticks and tick-borne diseases of cattle in Africa. Parasitology 1988; 96 ( Pt 2):403-32. [PMID: 3287285 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000058388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The problems caused by tick and tick-borne diseases for livestock particularly cattle on the African continent are described and discussed. The control of ticks and tick-borne diseases must receive high priority in Africa with regard to both research and control application because of their widespread distribution in areas of high livestock potential and productivity. The conventional methods of tick and tick-borne disease control are discussed and are found to be inadequate in the conditions prevailing in Africa. Methods of integrated control are suggested and discussed in light of recent development in control methods and those still under development. Any one of these methods may not be adequate to control the problem on its own but when several of the methods are combined an economic and robust integrated control is likely to result. Encouragement is given to attempt this approach in Africa to solve what must be the largest animal health problem of livestock remaining in the world.
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- A S Young
- Veterinary Research Department, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Muguga, Kikuyu
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Conrad PA, Iams K, Brown WC, Sohanpal B, ole-MoiYoi OK. DNA probes detect genomic diversity in Theileria parva stocks. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1987; 25:213-26. [PMID: 2892129 DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(87)90085-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Different stocks of Theileria parva were analysed for restriction fragment length polymorphisms by agarose gel electrophoresis, orthogonal-field-alternation gel electrophoresis (OFAGE) and Southern hybridization with DNA probes. Polymorphisms seen with DNA from purified piroplasms of different T. parva stocks, after digestion with restriction enzymes, were more clearly apparent with OFAGE than with standard agarose gel electrophoresis. Genomic differences between these theilerial parasites were investigated further using three DNA probes, which were selected from a genomic library of T. parva (Muguga) piroplasm DNA cloned in lambda gt11. All three clones hybridized to T. parva DNA in preparations from schizont-infected bovine lymphoblastoid cells and to DNA from intraerythrocytic piroplasms. These probes did not, however, hybridize under high stringency conditions to DNA prepared from uninfected bovine lymphoblasts, T. mutans piroplasms, or bovine lymphoblasts infected with T. annulata or T. taurotragi. The five Kenyan stocks of T. parva that were tested showed characteristic hybridization patterns with these DNA probes. Our results show that DNA probes can be used to distinguish selected stocks of T. parva by hybridization to DNA either from intraerythrocytic piroplasms taken from infected cattle, or from isolates of schizont-infected bovine lymphoblastoid cells that are maintained continuously in vitro.
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- P A Conrad
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya
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Conrad PA, Stagg DA, Grootenhuis JG, Irvin AD, Newson J, Njamunggeh RE, Rossiter PB, Young AS. Isolation of Theileria parasites from African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and characterization with anti-schizont monoclonal antibodies. Parasitology 1987; 94 ( Pt 3):413-23. [PMID: 3112700 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000055761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Antigenic differences between intra-lymphocytic theilerial parasites isolated from the blood of 18 African buffalo and grown in vitro were assessed with anti-schizont monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). There was marked antigenic diversity both between isolates from different buffalo and between isolates taken at different times from the same buffalo. Many of the isolates from both wild and captive buffalo appeared to consist of mixed parasite populations. Some isolates were found by limiting dilution cloning and mAb testing to contain at least 3 or 4 distinct populations of Theileria. Once cloned, Theileria-infected lymphoblastoid cell lines retained their mAb profiles during prolonged in vitro cultivation and, when recloned, the subclones had the same mAb profile as their parent clone. The implications of these results for further studies on buffalo-derived theilerial parasites are discussed.
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GROOTENHUIS J, YOUNG A, STAGG D, LEITCH B, DOLAN T, CONRAD P. Infection of African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) and cattle with Theileria parva lawrencei after serial passage in cattle. Res Vet Sci 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0034-5288(18)30712-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A variety of methods is now available for characterizing species and strains of Theileria. For many practical purposes involving field control of theileriosis, characterization on a broad basis may be sufficient, but in other areas much more precise characterization is required. Such precision can be usefully exploited only when cloned parasite populations are involved, and methods to improve parasite characterization and parasite cloning should be developed concurrently. The current methods of immunization against theileriosis involve the use of live parasite populations which are generally poorly defined and, in addition, have the capacity to undergo biological change (by selection, mutation or genetic recombination) within hosts and vectors. Such changes may be difficult to define and identify, but could have profound effects on immunization strategies. Improved methods of parasite characterization and selection, which are now becoming available, will enable parasite stocks for immunization to be identified and selected more precisely, and any biological changes that occur can be monitored. Improved methods of parasite characterization will also open the way to a better understanding of Theileria genetics and the mechanisms of heritability, which appear to differ in some fundamental ways from patterns of Mendelian inheritance. Controlled matings between selected and defined populations of parasites can be envisaged, with the aim of producing hybrid parasites for immunization. In addition, the prospects of modifying the theilerial genome by genetic manipulation become very real: transfection vectors tailored by restriction enzymes could be used to insert or modify gene sequences to develop parasites with appropriate sets of characters. It may also be possible to identify parasite genes which trigger the cytotoxic response which is so important in immunity (Eugui and Emery, 1981; Emery et al., 1981; Preston et al., 1983). Such genes might then be transfected into bovine host lymphocytes to generate immunity against the whole parasite (Iams, 1985). The gene products which are responsible for stimulating immune responses could also be synthesized artificially and used for vaccination. Methods of characterizing Theileria range from Giemsa's staining to DNA hybridization; all have a role to play, and by judicious selection of appropriate methods for particular circumstances, it is becoming possible to characterize theilerial parasites very precisely. Improved methods of characterization can, in turn, lead to a better understanding of parasite biology and to the development of improved methods of immunization and control.
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- A D Irvin
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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Baldwin CL, Malu MN, Kinuthia SW, Conrad PA, Grootenhuis JG. Comparative analysis of infection and transformation of lymphocytes from African buffalo and Boran cattle with Theileria parva subsp. parva and T. parva subsp. lawrencei. Infect Immun 1986; 53:186-91. [PMID: 3087880 PMCID: PMC260095 DOI: 10.1128/iai.53.1.186-191.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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This study compared infection and transformation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBM) of Boran cattle and African buffalo in vitro to determine whether differences occurred which could account for the greater susceptibility of Boran cattle to infection with Theileria parva subsp. parva and T. parva subsp. lawrencei. PBM from buffalo and cattle had a similar percentage of cells which bound T. parva subsp. parva sporozoites (24 to 34%) and in which schizonts developed during the first week after infection (18 to 23%). Using a limiting dilution culture system, it was established, however, that a significantly higher proportion of cattle PBM transformed into continuously replicating cell lines after infection with T. parva subsp. parva than did buffalo PBM. The evidence suggests that the low capacity of T. parva subsp. parva to establish infections in buffalo compared with cattle is related to the lower frequency of buffalo cells which undergo transformation. With T. parva subsp. lawrencei, however, the frequency of transformation of buffalo PBM was higher than that for cattle PBM. The frequency of cells transformed by T. parva subsp. lawrencei, therefore, cannot account for the greater resistance of buffalo to infections with T. parva subsp. lawrencei. Buffalo must have other mechanisms, either innate or acquired, which control infection with T. parva subsp. lawrencei more efficiently than in cattle.
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Newson J, Naessens J, Stagg DA, Black SJ. A cell surface antigen associated with Theileria parva lawrencei-infected bovine lymphoid cells. Parasite Immunol 1986; 8:149-58. [PMID: 3703570 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1986.tb00841.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Attempts to produce monoclonal antibodies specific for a parasite-encoded or induced antigen on the surface of Theileria parva lawrencei-transformed bovine lymphocytes resulted in the identification of the monoclonal antibody J7. This antibody recognizes a membrane glycoprotein on some T.p. lawrencei-infected bovine lymphoid cells but not on any uninfected bovine lymphoid cells. Inoculation of allogeneic recipient cattle with T.p. lawrencei-transformed cells bearing the J7 determinant resulted in transfer of the parasite but not of the J7 epitope to the recipients' own cells. The presence of the J7 determinant could not be correlated with the parasite phenotype nor with the surface phenotype of the infected cells. It is therefore not known whether the J7 epitope is of parasite origin or whether it is a bovine differentiation antigen modified by the presence of the parasite.
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Moll G, Lohding A, Young AS, Leitch BL. Epidemiology of theileriosis in calves in an endemic area of Kenya. Vet Parasitol 1986; 19:255-73. [PMID: 3085323 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(86)90073-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Thirty-one calves born into five Maasai zebu cattle herds over a period of 1 month in the Trans-Mara Division of Kenya, endemic for theileriosis, were recruited for an intensive study of theileriosis. No calves up to 6 months of age died but all developed Theileria infections as judged by slide examination and serology. Parasitosis by T. mutans schizonts in lymph node smears was usually higher than that of T. parva. The T. mutans schizonts usually occurred at an earlier age but persisted at a patent level for a shorter time than those of T. parva. Serological findings using the indirect fluorescent antibody test confirmed the parasitological findings. It was evident that colostral transfer of Theileria antibodies was frequent. Theileria piroplasm parasitaemia had developed in all calves by 111 days of age. The earlier parasitosis by T. mutans reflected the higher infection rates in Amblyomma spp. than in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. The mean number of R. appendiculatus on the ears of calves during the observations was 9.1 adults and 1.5 nymphs. Clinical episodes of T. mutans and T. parva infection were associated with febrile responses, enlarged lymph nodes, anaemia and other symptoms and about 80% of calves had poor weight gains or weight losses during either clinical infection. It would appear that theileriosis is one of the most important factors in the stunting of calf development in the area.
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Allsopp BA, Gibson WC, Stagg DA. Characterization of some East African Theileria species isolates by isoenzyme analysis, with particular reference to T. parva. Int J Parasitol 1985; 15:271-6. [PMID: 3928516 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(85)90064-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Dolan TT, Stagg DA, Njuguna LM. The antitheilerial effects of Theileria parva parva reaction and recovery sera in vitro. Int J Parasitol 1985; 15:43-7. [PMID: 3920166 DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(85)90099-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Stagg DA, Fawcett DW, Young AS, Leitch BL. Superinfection of established Theileria-infected bovid cell lines with Theileria parva sporozoites. ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY 1984; 78:335-7. [PMID: 6435553 DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1984.11811827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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