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The African buffalo parasite Theileria. sp. (buffalo) can infect and immortalize cattle leukocytes and encodes divergent orthologues of Theileria parva antigen genes

  • 1. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya
  • 2. The Roslin Institute, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG Scotland, UK
  • 3. College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK
  • 4. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), PO Box 30709, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya & School of Biological Sciences, The University of Nairobi, PO Box 30197, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya

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Bishop, R.P., Hemmink, J.D., Morrison, W.I., Weir, W., Toye, P.G., Sitt, T., Spooner, P.R., Musoke, A.J., Skilton, R.A., Odongo, D.O. (2015): The African buffalo parasite Theileria. sp. (buffalo) can infect and immortalize cattle leukocytes and encodes divergent orthologues of Theileria parva antigen genes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4 (3): 333-342, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.08.006, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.08.006

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