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• Bett, Bernard, Team Leader - One Health Centre, ILRI, ILRI
• Fevre, Eric, Joint Appointee - Principal Scientist, Epidemiologist, ILRI, ILRI
• Githaka, Naftaly, Scientist - Tick Biology and Vaccines & Tick Unit Manager, ILRI, ILRI
• Kiara, Henry, Consultant, ILRI, ILRI
• Kiio, Irene, Research Associate, ILRI, ILRI
• Mwacharo, Joram, ICARDA, ICARDA
• Nene, Vish, Co-Leader, Animal and Human Health, ILRI, ILRI
• Pelle, Roger, Principal Scientist - Molecular Parasitologist, ILRI, ILRI
• Rekik, Mourad, Principal Scientist - Small Ruminant Physiology and management, ICARDA, ICARDA
• Shah, Trushar, Integrated Breeding Platform (IBP) Hub Manager, IITA, CIMMYT

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• A cement protein of the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, located in the secretory e cell granules of the type III salivary gland acini, induces strong antibody responses in cattle.
• A comprehensive survey of the prevalence and spatial distribution of ticks infesting cattle in different agro-ecological zones of Cameroon.
• A countrywide molecular survey leads to a seminal identification of the invasive cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in Cameroon, a decade after it was reported in Cote d'Ivoire.
• A novel SINE family occurs frequently in both genomic DNA and transcribed sequences in ixodid ticks of the arthropod sub-phylum Chelicerata.
• African swine fever viruses with two different genotypes, both of which occur in domestic pigs, are associated with ticks and adult warthogs, respectively, at a single geographical site.
• Analysis of Babesia bovis infection-induced gene expression changes in larvae from the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
• Anti-tick Vaccines for the Control of Ticks Affecting Livestock
• Application of a reverse line blot assay to the study of haemoparasites in cattle in Uganda.
• Assessment of natural Ixodid tick infestations in sheep
• AvGI, an index of genes transcribed in the salivary glands of the ixodid tick Amblyomma variegatum
• Boophilus microplus tick burdens on grazing cattle in Colombia.
• Cattle tick vaccine researchers join forces in CATVAC.
• Characterization of the Theileria parva sporozoite proteome
• Comparative studies on the infectivity of Theileria parva in ticks fed in vitro and those fed on cattle.
• Comparison of the transmission of Theileria parva between different instars of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
• Demonstration of differences in virulence between two Theileria parva isolates.
• Differences in tick infestation of Tunisian sheep breeds.
• Distributions of the vectors of heartwater, Amblyomma hebraeum and Amblyomma variegatum (Acari: Ixodidae), in Zimbabwe.
• Diversity and distribution of tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with human otoacariasis and socio-ecological risk factors of tick infestations in Sri Lanka
• Dynamique des populations de tiques infestant les ovins dans les steppes arides de Tunisie
• Effect of recombinant glutathione S-transferase as vaccine antigen against Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus infestation
• Effects of a Novel Pesticide Resistance Management Strategy on Tick Control in a Smallholding Exotic-breed Dairy Herd in Kenya
• Environment and farm factors associated with exposure to Theileria parva infection in cattle under traditional mixed farming system in Mbeere District, Kenya
• Epidemiological investigation of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus infection among the one-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) in southern Tunisia.
• Equid infective Theileria cluster in distinct 18S rRNA gene clades comprising multiple taxa with unusually broad mammalian host ranges
• Estimation of heritability of susceptibility to infection with Theileria parva in the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
• Extensive polymorphism of Ra86 genes in field populations of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus from Kenya.
• Factors influencing infections in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks fed on cattle infected with Theileria parva
• First detection of Theileria parva in cattle from Cameroon in the absence of the main tick vector Rhipicephalus appendiculatus.
• First molecular identification and genetic characterization of Theileria lestoquardi in sheep of the Maghreb region.
• Genes transcribed in the salivary glands of female Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks infected with Theileria parva
• Genetic Diversity of West Nile virus Isolated from the tick, Rhipicephalus pulchellus, in Kenya
• Genetic fingerprinting of Theileria parva using a telomeric DNA probe
• Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease
• Gut transcriptome of replete adult female cattle ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, feeding upon a Babesia bovis-infected bovine host.
• Human otoacariasis: a retrospective study from an area of Sri Lanka.
• Identification of a synthetic peptide inducing cross-reactive antibodies binding to Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) decoloratus, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum and Rhipicephalus appendiculatus BM86 homologues.
• Identification of a target population for immunisation against East Coast fever in coastal Kenya.
• Immune and biochemical responses in skin differ between bovine hosts genetically susceptible and resistant to the cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus
• Immunization of cattle with Ra86 impedes Rhipicephalus appendiculatus nymphal-to-adult molting
• In Silico Characterization and Structural Modeling of Dermacentor andersoni p36 Immunosuppressive Protein
• Induction of humoral immune response to multiple recombinant Rhipicephalus appendiculatus antigens and their effect on tick feeding success and pathogen transmission.
• Investigating the epidemiology of heartwater ( Cowdria ruminantium infection) by means of a transmission dynamics model
• Lectins in the brown ear tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus: detection and partial characterization
• Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry for comprehensive indexing of East African ixodid tick species.
• Mitochondrial and nuclear multilocus phylogeny of Rhipicephalus ticks from Kenya
• Mitochondrial phylogeography and population structure of the cattle tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus in the African Great Lakes region
• Molecular Characterization of a Haemaphysalis longicornis Tick Salivary Gland-Associated 29-Kilodalton Protein and Its Effect as a Vaccine against Tick Infestation in Rabbits
• Multi-locus genotyping reveals absence of genetic structure in field populations of the brown ear tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) in Kenya.
• Multilocus genotyping of Theileria parva isolates associated with a live vaccination trial in Kenya provides evidence for transmission of immunizing parasites into local tick and cattle populations
• Population attributable fractions of farm vector tick (Rhipicephalus appendiculatus) presence on Theileria parva infection seroprevalence under endemic instability.
• Population dynamics of ticks on indigenous cattle in a pastoral dry to semi-arid rangeland zone of Uganda.
• Predicting the effect of vaccination on the transmission dynamics of heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium infection).
• Prevalence of Cowdria ruminantium infection in Amblyomma hebraeum ticks from heartwater-endemic areas of Zimbabwe.
• Prevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi as well as the identification of associated ticks in sympatric Grevy's zebras (Equus grevyi) and donkeys (Equus africanus asinus) in northern Kenya.
• Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle.
• Prospects for subunit vaccines against tick-borne diseases.
• Quantification of Theileria parva in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) confirms differences in infection between selected tick strains.
• Rhipicephalus microplus cystatin as a potential cross-protective tick vaccine against Rhipicephalus appendiculatus.
• Subunit vaccine based on the p67 major surface protein of Theileria parva sporozoites reduces severity of infection derived from field tick challenge
• Subunit vaccines for the control of tick-borne diseases: implications for the future.
• The African buffalo parasite Theileria. sp. (buffalo) can infect and immortalize cattle leukocytes and encodes divergent orthologues of Theileria parva antigen genes
• The Emergence of Theileria parva in Jonglei State, South Sudan: Confirmation Using Molecular and Serological Diagnostic Tools.
• The expression of genes coding for distinct types of glycine-rich proteins varies according to the biology of three metastriate ticks, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus , Rhipicephalus sanguineus and Amblyomma cajennense
• The impact of tick control on the productivity of indigenous cattle under ranch conditions in Uganda.
• The ovarian transcriptome of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, feeding upon a bovine host infected with Babesia bovis
• The persistence of component Theileria parva stocks in cattle immunized with the 'Muguga cocktail' live vaccine against East Coast fever in Uganda.
• The prevalence of serum antibodies to tick-borne infections in cattle in smallholder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya; a cross-sectional study
• Theileria in Ruminants
• Theileria: Intracellular protozoan parasites of wild and domestic ruminants transmitted by ixodid ticks
• Tick-borne pathogens, including Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, at livestock markets and slaughterhouses in western Kenya
• Tick-borne pathogens, including Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus, at livestock markets and slaughterhouses in western Kenya.
• Towards a new phenotype for tick resistance in beef and dairy cattle: a review
• Using citizen science to improve the knowledge of tick distribution in Scotland
• Vaccination of cattle with TickGARD induces cross-reactive antibodies binding to conserved linear peptides of Bm86 homologues in Boophilus decoloratus.
• Vaccination with cyclin-dependent kinase tick antigen confers protection against Ixodes infestation.
• Vector competence of 7 rhipicephalid tick stocks in transmitting 2 Theileria parva parasite stocks from Kenya and Zimbabwe
• West African Cattle Farmers' Perception of Tick-Borne Diseases.
• Whole genome phylogenetic investigation of a West Nile virus strain isolated from a tick sampled from livestock in north eastern Kenya