Publications by authors named "K P Sibeko-Matjila"
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- Theileriosis caused by Theileria parva is leading to high cattle deaths in Zambia, with infected buffalo posing a significant risk to cattle health.
- A study examining blood samples from buffalo and cattle revealed a high rate of T. parva infection in buffalo (76.7%) compared to cattle (19.3%), identifying different p67 allele types linked to specific diseases.
- The findings suggest that control measures for T. parva may need to be revisited to protect cattle from infections derived from buffalo, highlighting the importance of considering the genetic diversity of T. parva when developing vaccines.
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- * A new potential antigen called spherical body protein 4 (sbp4) was found, but its effectiveness across different strains is still untested.
- * Researchers developed specific qPCR assays that can accurately detect and differentiate between the B. caballi genotypes, aiding in controlling the spread of this parasite globally.
Babesia bovis, a tick-transmitted apicomplexan protozoon, infects cattle in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. In the apicomplexans Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum, rhomboid serine protease 4 (ROM4) fulfills an essential role in host cell invasion. We thus investigated B.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis a protozoan parasite transmitted by the brown-eared ticks, and . Buffaloes are the parasite's ancestral host, with cattle being the most recent host. The parasite has two transmission modes namely, cattle-cattle and buffalo-cattle transmission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTicks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) significantly affect cattle production and the livelihoods of communities in pastoralist areas. Data on protozoan and rickettsial pathogens in ticks infesting cattle in Uganda is scanty; while it is an indicator of the likelihood of disease transmission and occurrence. A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst cattle in the Karamoja Region, northeastern Uganda, from July through September 2017, to determine the tick species diversity, identify protozoan and rickettsial pathogens in the ticks, and characterise pathogenic species by sequence and phylogenetic analyses.
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