Morzaria, S.P. Person

selected publications

• article

  • 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.  Transboundary and Emerging Diseases.  67:88-98. 2020
  • Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle..  Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases.  7:306-314. 2016
  • High-resolution genotyping and mapping of recombination and gene conversion in the protozoan Theileria parva using whole genome sequencing.  BMC Genomics.  13:503-503. 2012
  • Theileria parva candidate vaccine antigens recognized by immune bovine cytotoxic T lymphocytes.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  103:3286-3291. 2006
  • Vaccines against Theileria parva..  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  916:464-473. 2006
  • Genome sequence of Theileria parva, a bovine pathogen that transforms lymphocytes..  Science.  309:134-137. 2005
  • Subunit vaccine based on the p67 major surface protein of Theileria parva sporozoites reduces severity of infection derived from field tick challenge.  Vaccine.  23:3084-3095. 2005
  • Bovine leukocyte antigen major histocompatibility complex class II DRB3*2703 and DRB3*1501 alleles are associated with variation in levels of protection against Theileria parva challenge following immunization with the sporozoite p67 antigen..  Infection and Immunity.  72:2738-2741. 2004
  • Immunity to East Coast fever in cattle induced by a polypeptide fragment of the major surface coat protein of Theileria parva sporozoites..  Vaccine.  21:1205-1212. 2003
  • Quantitative analysis of dose-response effects in the transmission dynamics of Theileria parva and the impact of sporozoite-neutralising vaccines 2003
  • 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..  International Journal for Parasitology.  32:833-842. 2002
  • The persistence of Theileria parva infection in cattle immunized using two stocks which differ in their ability to induce a carrier state: analysis using a novel blood spot PCR assay.  Parasitology.  124:265-276. 2002
  • Epidemiological studies of Babesia bigemina infection in Morocco.  REVUE DE MEDECINE VETERINAIRE.  153:809-814. 2002
  • Etudes epidemiologiques sur Babesia bigemina au Maroc. (Epidemiological studies of Babesia bigemina infection in Morocco) 2002
  • Genomic Polymorphism, Sexual Recombination and Molecular Epidemiology of Theileria Parva 2002
  • Genomics of Theileria parva 2002
  • Sero-epidemiology of Theileria annulata and Babesia bigemina infections in Morocco..  REVUE DE MEDECINE VETERINAIRE.  153:189-196. 2002
  • Molecular and immunological characterisation of Theileria parva stocks which are components of the 'Muguga cocktail' used for vaccination against East Coast fever in cattle..  Veterinary Parasitology.  94:227-237. 2001
  • Polymorphic open reading frames encoding secretory proteins are located less than 3 kilobases from Theileria parva telomeres..  Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology.  110:359-371. 2000
  • A 32 kDa surface antigen of Theileria parva : characterization and immunization studies.  Parasitology.  120:553-564. 2000
  • Cloning, Characterization, and Expression of a 200-Kilodalton Diagnostic Antigen of Babesia bigemina.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology.  38:2240-2247. 2000
  • Reciprocal cross-protection induced by sporozoite antigens SPAG-1 from Theileria annulata and p67 from Theileria parva..  Parasite Immunology.  22:223-230. 2000
  • Molecular characterisation of a Theileria lestoquardi gene encoding a candidate sporozoite vaccine antigen..  Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology.  107:309-314. 2000
  • A statistically derived index for classifying East Coast fever reactions in cattle challenged with Theileria parva under experimental conditions..  Parasitology.  120:371-381. 2000
  • Theileria parva genomics reveals an atypical apicomplexan genome.  International Journal for Parasitology.  30:465-474. 2000
  • Cloning, sequence and mRNA expression of bovine interleukin-16..  Dna Sequence.  10:425-428. 2000
  • Vaccines against Theileria parva.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  916:464-473. 2000
  • Development of sero-diagnostic and molecular tools for the control of important tick-borne pathogens of cattle in Africa..  Parassitologia.  73-80. 1999
  • Evaluation of recombinant sporozoite antigen SPAG-1 as a vaccine candidate against Theileria annulata by the use of different delivery systems..  Tropical Medicine & International Health.  4:A71-A77. 1999
  • Protective Immune Mechanisms against Theileria parva: Evolution of Vaccine Development Strategies.  Parasitology Today.  15:263-267. 1999
  • Linear peptide specificity of bovine antibody responses to p67 of Theileria parva and sequence diversity of sporozoite-neutralizing epitopes: implications for a vaccine..  Infection and Immunity.  67:1261-1266. 1999
  • Development of sero-diagnostic and molecular tools for the control of important tick-borne pathogens of cattle in Africa 1999
  • Molecular epidemiology of Theileria parva in the field.  Tropical Medicine & International Health.  4:A21-A27. 1999
  • Immmunohistochemical detection of parasite antigens in Theileria parva-infected bovine lymphocytes.  Veterinary Parasitology.  80:137-147. 1998
  • Linkage of two distinct AT-rich minisatellites at multiple loci in the genome of Theileria parva..  Gene.  216:245-254. 1998
  • Different vaccine strategies used to protect against Theileria annulata.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  849:234-246. 1998
  • The prevalence of serum antibodies to tick-borne infections in cattle in smallholder dairy farms in Murang'a District, Kenya; a cross-sectional study.  Preventive Veterinary Medicine.  30:95-107. 1997
  • Concerted evolution at a multicopy locus in the protozoan parasite Theileria parva: extreme divergence of potential protein-coding sequences..  Molecular and Cellular Biology.  17:1666-1673. 1997
  • Factors influencing infections in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks fed on cattle infected with Theileria parva.  Parasitology.  113:255-266. 1996
  • Artificial Feeding Systems for Ixodid Ticks as a Tool for Study of Pathogen Transmission.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  791:211-218. 1996
  • Conservation of the sporozoite p67 vaccine antigen in cattle-derived Theileria parva stocks with different cross-immunity profiles..  Infection and Immunity.  64:2056-2061. 1996
  • Generation and characterization of cloned Theileria parva parasites..  Parasitology.  111:39-49. 1995
  • Characterisation of the telomeres at opposite ends of a 3 Mb Theileria parva chromosome..  Nucleic Acids Research.  23:1942-1947. 1995
  • Characterization of an insect cell-derived Theileria parva sporozoite vaccine antigen and immunogenicity in cattle 1995
  • Parasite strain specificity of precursor cytotoxic T cells in individual animals correlates with cross-protection in cattle challenged with Theileria parva 1995
  • Theileria parva carrier state in naturally infected and artificially immunised cattle 1995
  • Detection of polymorphisms among Theileria parva stocks using repetitive, telomeric and ribosomal DNA probes and anti-schizont monoclonal antibodies 1993
  • Theileria parva: Detection of Genomic Polymorphisms by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification of DNA Using Arbitrary Primers 1993
  • Detection of a carrier state in Theileria parva-infected cattle by the polymerase chain reaction 1992
  • Identification of a Theileria mutans-specific antigen for use in an antibody and antigen detection ELISA 1990
  • Financial analysis of East Coast fever control strategies on beef production under farm conditions 1989
  • Growth of rinderpest and bovine virus diarrhoea viruses in Theileria parva infected lymphoblastoid cell lines 1988
  • Recognition of Theileria parva antigens by field sera from Rusinga Island Kenya 1988
  • The establishment of infection in the salivary glands of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks by transplantation of kinetes of Theileria parva and the potential use of the method for parasite cloning 1988
  • Demonstration of colonies of Cowdria ruminantium in midgut epithelial cells of Amblyomma variegatum 1987
  • Cattle babesiosis 1986
  • Bovine theileriosis. Progress in immunization methods 1980

• document

  • Theileria: Life cycle stages associated with the ixodid tick vector 2008
  • Linear peptide specificity of bovine antibody responses to p67 of Theileria parva and sequence diversity of sporozoite-neutralising epitopes: Implications for a vaccine 1999
  • Conservation of the sporozoite p67 vaccine antigen in cattle-derived Theileria parva stocks with different cross-immunity profiles 1996
  • Characterization of Theileria parva which infects waterbuck (Kobus defassa) 1994
  • Discrimination betweenTheileria parva andT. taurotragi in the salivary glands ofRhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks using oligonucleotides homologous to ribosomal RNA sequences 1994
  • The biology of the transmission dynamics of Theileria parva 1994
  • A Sporozoite-based vaccine for Theileria parva 1993
  • Genome analysis of Theileria parva 1993
  • Prospects for improved control of tick-borne diseases in Africa 1993
  • Variations in prevalence rates of tick-borne diseases in Zebu cattle by agroecological zone: implications for East Coast fever immunization 1993
  • Prospects of improved control of tick-borne diseases in Africa 1992
  • Restriction mapping of the genome of the protozoan parasite Theileria parva 1992
  • Epidemiological observations on theileriosis following field immunisation using infection and treatment 1991
  • Long-acting oxytetracycline prophylaxis to protect susceptible cattle introduced into an area of Kenya with endemic East Coast fever 1989
  • Effect of timing and intensity of challenge following immunization against East Coast fever 1987
  • Immunization against east coast fever: The use of selected stocks of Theileria parva for immunization of cattle exposed to field challenge 1987
  • Effect of chronic trypanosomiasis on immunization against east coast fever 1986
  • Isolation of Theileria mutans from cattle in Essex 1974

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  • Live immunization against East Coast fever – current status.  Trends in Parasitology. 85-92. 2009
  • Artificial feeding of ixodid ticks..  Parasitology Today. 272-278. 1996

• review

  • Theileria: Intracellular protozoan parasites of wild and domestic ruminants transmitted by ixodid ticks.  Parasitology. S271-S283. 2004
  • Organisation and informational content of the Theileria parva genome.  Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 1-8. 1998