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Ssemata AS, Muhumuza R, Stranix-Chibanda L, Nematadzira T, Ahmed N, Hornschuh S, Dietrich JJ, Tshabalala G, Atujuna M, Ndekezi D, Nalubega P, Awino E, Weiss HA, Fox J, Seeley J. The potential effect of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) roll-out on sexual-risk behaviour among adolescents and young people in East and southern Africa. Afr J AIDS Res 2022; 21:1-7. [PMID: 35361057 DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2022.2032218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV-prevention strategy recommended for those at high-risk of infection, including adolescents and young people (AYP). We explored how PrEP roll-out could influence sexual risk behaviour among AYP in East and southern Africa. Twenty-four group discussions and 60 in-depth interviews were conducted with AYP between 13 and 24 years old, recruited from community settings in Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa, from September 2018 to January 2019. Participants perceived that PrEP availability could change sexual behaviour among AYP, influencing: (1) condom use (increased preference for condomless sex, reduced need and decrease in use of condoms, relief from condom use discomfort, consistent condom use to curb sexually transmitted infections and pregnancies); (2) sexual activities (increase in sexual partners and sexual encounters, early sexual debut, sexual experimentation and peace of mind during risky sex, sexual violence and perversion); (3) HIV risk perception (neglect of other HIV prevention strategies, unknown sexual partner HIV status, adoption of PrEP). PrEP initiation may be associated with increased interest in sexual activities and risky sexual behaviour among AYP. PrEP should be included as part of a combination package of HIV prevention strategies for AYP with methods to prevent other sexually transmitted infections and unwanted pregnancies.
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- Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata
- Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Mortimer Market Centre, Central North West London NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU), School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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- Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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- Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
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- MRC International Statistics and Epidemiology Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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- King's College London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda
- Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Svitek N, Awino E, Nene V, Steinaa L. BoLA-6*01301 and BoLA-6*01302, two allelic variants of the A18 haplotype, present the same epitope from the Tp1 antigen of Theileria parva. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2015; 167:80-5. [PMID: 26139380 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2015.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We have recently shown that the BoLA-A18 variant haplotype (BoLA-6*01302) is more prevalent than the BoLA-A18 haplotype (BoLA-6*01301) in a sample of Holstein/Friesian cattle in Kenya. These MHC class I allelic variants differ by a single amino acid polymorphism (Glu97 to Leu97) in the peptide-binding groove. We have previously mapped an 11-mer peptide epitope from the Theileria parva antigen Tp1 (Tp1214-224) that is presented by BoLA-6*01301. Crystal structure data indicates that Glu97 in the MHC molecule plays a role in epitope binding through electro-static interaction with a lysine residue in position 5 of the epitope, which also functions as an additional anchor residue. In contrast to expectations, we demonstrate that the amino acid substitution in BoLA-6*01302 does not divert the CTL response away from Tp1214-224. The two MHC molecules exhibit similar affinity for the Tp1 epitope and can present the epitope to parasite-specific CTLs derived from either BoLA allelic variants. These data confirm that this BoLA polymorphism does not alter Tp1 epitope specificity and that both allelic variants can be used for Tp1 vaccine studies.
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- N Svitek
- Vaccine Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
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- Vaccine Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
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- Vaccine Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
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- Vaccine Biosciences, International Livestock Research Institute, P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
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Taracha EL, Awino E, McKeever DJ. Distinct CD4+ T cell helper requirements in Theileria parva-immune and -naive bovine CTL precursors. The Journal of Immunology 1997. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.159.9.4539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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There is strong evidence that class I MHC-restricted parasite-specific CD8+ CTL protect cattle against the protozoan parasite Theileria parva. As part of an effort to develop a subunit vaccine for the induction of these responses, we have investigated the factors involved in the generation of T. parva-specific CTL in cattle. Purified populations of bovine immune and naive CD8+ T cells were cocultured with autologous T. parva-infected lymphoblasts (TpL) in the presence or absence of immune CD4+ T cells or cytokine preparations. Neither population developed CTL activity when cultured with TpL alone, whereas incorporation of immune CD4+ T cells in the cultures supported the generation of parasite-specific CTL from both immune and naive CD8+ precursors. The helper function of parasite-specific CD4+ T cells for immune, but not naive, CTL precursors could be replaced by CD4+ T cells responding to an unrelated Ag or by the addition of T cell growth factors or recombinant bovine IL-2. In experiments with two-chamber culture plates, in which cocultures of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells with TpL were separated by a semipermeable membrane, CTL activity was observed to develop only in immune precursor populations. Hence, although bovine T. parva-specific CD8+ memory T cells need no helper signals other than IL-2 for activation, their naive counterparts require close contact with responding parasite-specific CD4+ T cells. This may reflect essential receptor-ligand interactions, or alternatively, a requirement for more stringent microenvironmental cytokine conditions.
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- E L Taracha
- International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
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- International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
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- International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Taracha EL, Awino E, McKeever DJ. Distinct CD4+ T cell helper requirements in Theileria parva-immune and -naive bovine CTL precursors. J Immunol 1997; 159:4539-45. [PMID: 9379055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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There is strong evidence that class I MHC-restricted parasite-specific CD8+ CTL protect cattle against the protozoan parasite Theileria parva. As part of an effort to develop a subunit vaccine for the induction of these responses, we have investigated the factors involved in the generation of T. parva-specific CTL in cattle. Purified populations of bovine immune and naive CD8+ T cells were cocultured with autologous T. parva-infected lymphoblasts (TpL) in the presence or absence of immune CD4+ T cells or cytokine preparations. Neither population developed CTL activity when cultured with TpL alone, whereas incorporation of immune CD4+ T cells in the cultures supported the generation of parasite-specific CTL from both immune and naive CD8+ precursors. The helper function of parasite-specific CD4+ T cells for immune, but not naive, CTL precursors could be replaced by CD4+ T cells responding to an unrelated Ag or by the addition of T cell growth factors or recombinant bovine IL-2. In experiments with two-chamber culture plates, in which cocultures of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells with TpL were separated by a semipermeable membrane, CTL activity was observed to develop only in immune precursor populations. Hence, although bovine T. parva-specific CD8+ memory T cells need no helper signals other than IL-2 for activation, their naive counterparts require close contact with responding parasite-specific CD4+ T cells. This may reflect essential receptor-ligand interactions, or alternatively, a requirement for more stringent microenvironmental cytokine conditions.
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- E L Taracha
- International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
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Bembridge GP, MacHugh ND, McKeever D, Awino E, Sopp P, Collins RA, Gelder KI, Howard CJ. CD45RO expression on bovine T cells: relation to biological function. Immunology 1995; 86:537-44. [PMID: 8567018 PMCID: PMC1384052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The 180,000 MW isoform of CD45 (CD45RO) has been identified in cattle with a novel monoclonal antibody (mAb) (IL-A116). This has allowed a more precise analysis of T-cell function in relation to CD45 isoform expression. Within the CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell populations, CD45RO+ and CD45RO- subsets were evident. Most CD4+ and CD8+ T cells that expressed the CD45RO isoform did not express the 220,000 and 205,000 MW isoforms recognized by mAb CC76. In contrast, the WC1+, CD2-, CD4-, CD8-, gamma delta T-cell receptor (TCR)+ T cells in bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) were all CD45RO+. Monocytes and granulocytes were CD45RO+ but B cells were CD45RO-. Sorting experiments with CD4+ T cells from an immunized calf demonstrated that proliferative responses to ovalbumin (OVA) were entirely within the CD45RO+ subset. Following stimulation with concanavalin A (Con A) the CD45RO- subset of CD4+ T cells produced transcripts for interleukin-2 (IL-2) but not IL-4 or interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), while the CD45RO+ subset produced mRNA for IL-2, IL-4 and IFN-gamma. Biologically active IL-2 was present in supernatants from both CD45RO+ and CD45RO-, CD4+ T cells, and IFN-gamma protein was identified by ELISA in supernatants from the CD45RO+ subset, confirming the production of cytokines implied by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). In contrast, sorting experiments with CD8+ T cells from animals immune to the protozoan parasite Theileria parva revealed substantial numbers of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte precursors in both the CD45RO+ and CD45RO- subsets. Thus it appears that although all antigenically primed CD4+ T cells remain CD45RO+, and expression of this molecule consequently identifies memory cells within PBMC, antigenically primed CD8+ T cells down-regulate CD45RO expression after activation.
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McKeever DJ, Awino E, Kairo A, Gobright E, Nene V. Bovine T cells specific for Trypanosoma brucei brucei variant surface glycoprotein recognize nonconserved areas of the molecule. Infect Immun 1994; 62:3348-53. [PMID: 7518808 PMCID: PMC302965 DOI: 10.1128/iai.62.8.3348-3353.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The specificity of bovine CD4+ T-cell responses to Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) has been examined by using a panel of seven T-cell clones and nested deletions of the ILTat 1.3 VSG gene expressed in Escherichia coli. All clones recognized the polymorphic N-terminal domain of the antigen, and the recognition sites of five of the clones were resolved to three areas with lengths of 14, 18, and 21 amino acids. Comparison of these regions with corresponding areas of other VSG molecules, including those derived from the same trypanosomal serodeme, has shown that the sites are not conserved. In the light of recent observations that VSG-specific T-cell responses are induced in mice infected with T. brucei, these results confirm with the belief that immune pressure from T cells may contribute to the generation of antigenic diversity on the surface of African trypanosomes.
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- D J McKeever
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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McKeever DJ, Taracha EL, Innes EL, MacHugh ND, Awino E, Goddeeris BM, Morrison WI. Adoptive transfer of immunity to Theileria parva in the CD8+ fraction of responding efferent lymph. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:1959-63. [PMID: 8127915 PMCID: PMC43284 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.5.1959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Evidence that class I major histocompatibility complex-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) are involved in immunity to malaria has highlighted the potential importance of these cells in protection against intracellular parasites. Parasite-specific CTL are a prominent feature of the immune response of cattle to Theileria parva, a related apicomplexan parasite. The relationship between the appearance of these cells in the blood of immune cattle under challenge and the clearance of infection suggests that they are involved in the control of infection, but direct evidence is lacking that CTL can mediate protection. We have made a quantitative kinetic study of CTL responses in lymph originating from infected lymph nodes in a number of immune cattle under challenge with T. parva. Direct killing activity and the frequency of CTL precursors (CTLp) within responding cell populations were evaluated. A substantial increase in the proportion of CD8+ CTL was observed between days 8 and 11 after challenge. Frequencies of CTLp as high as 1:32 were observed and activity was essentially confined to the large blasting cell fraction. The analogous response in peripheral blood was of lower magnitude and delayed by 1-2 days. The high frequency of CTLp in efferent lymph permitted the adoptive transfer of this activity between immune and naive monozygotic twin calves. In separate experiments, naive calves lethally infected with T. parva were protected by inoculation of up to 10(10) responding CD8+ T cells derived from their immune twins. Elimination of CD8+ T cells within the inoculum abrogated this effect. These findings provide direct evidence that CD8+ T cells can control T. parva infections in immune cattle.
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- D J McKeever
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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The interdigitating cell (IDC) population of the lymph node paracortex is believed to be responsible for the induction of CD4+ T cell responses to soluble antigens. We have examined the role of afferent lymph veiled cells (ALVC), the putative precursors of IDC, in the induction of primary bovine CD4+ T cell responses in vivo. ALVC prepared from lymph draining an antigen inoculation site stimulated maximal responses in antigen-specific T cell clones as soon as 30 min after inoculation. In addition, antigen-pulsed ALVC were shown to induce primary antigen-specific T cell responses when administered in vivo. Observed influences of fixation and the addition of chloroquine or class II major histocompatibility complex-specific monoclonal antibodies on presenting function confirmed that ALVC process and present antigens using the endosomal pathway. We conclude that ALVC rapidly internalize antigens deposited in the periphery, and process them for presentation to naive T cells in the draining lymph node. Their function is, therefore, likely to be an important factor in the induction of primary T cell responses to soluble antigens in vivo.
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- D J McKeever
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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McKeever DJ, MacHugh ND, Goddeeris BM, Awino E, Morrison WI. Bovine afferent lymph veiled cells differ from blood monocytes in phenotype and accessory function. J Immunol 1991; 147:3703-9. [PMID: 1682381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Veiled cells have been prepared from bovine afferent lymph and their surface phenotype has been compared with that of blood monocytes using a panel of mAb that define bovine leukocyte Ag. It has been observed that the expression of CD1c and a putative bovine CD45R Ag is restricted within these populations to afferent lymph veiled cells (ALVC), whereas CD11b is expressed only on monocytes. The CD11a and CD11c specificities and an additional Ag defined by mAb 1LA24 (p110/75) are expressed by both cell types, although CD11a and p110/75 are found only on subpopulations of ALVC. In a comparison of accessory function, we have found that ALVC are considerably superior to blood monocytes both as stimulators in mixed leukocyte cultures and as presenters of soluble Ag to primed T cells. This superiority appears to be associated with an increased capacity to form clusters with responding lymphocytes. In addition, we have established that the capacity of ALVC to present soluble Ag to Ag-specific T cell clones resides almost exclusively in a subpopulation defined by the phenotype p110/75+ CD11a-.
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- D J McKeever
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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McKeever DJ, MacHugh ND, Goddeeris BM, Awino E, Morrison WI. Bovine afferent lymph veiled cells differ from blood monocytes in phenotype and accessory function. The Journal of Immunology 1991. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.147.11.3703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Veiled cells have been prepared from bovine afferent lymph and their surface phenotype has been compared with that of blood monocytes using a panel of mAb that define bovine leukocyte Ag. It has been observed that the expression of CD1c and a putative bovine CD45R Ag is restricted within these populations to afferent lymph veiled cells (ALVC), whereas CD11b is expressed only on monocytes. The CD11a and CD11c specificities and an additional Ag defined by mAb 1LA24 (p110/75) are expressed by both cell types, although CD11a and p110/75 are found only on subpopulations of ALVC. In a comparison of accessory function, we have found that ALVC are considerably superior to blood monocytes both as stimulators in mixed leukocyte cultures and as presenters of soluble Ag to primed T cells. This superiority appears to be associated with an increased capacity to form clusters with responding lymphocytes. In addition, we have established that the capacity of ALVC to present soluble Ag to Ag-specific T cell clones resides almost exclusively in a subpopulation defined by the phenotype p110/75+ CD11a-.
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- D J McKeever
- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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- International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases, Nairobi, Kenya
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