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Improved vaccines for the control of East Coast Fever: IPSR Innovation Profile

The assessment of an experimental vaccine for the control of East Coast fever (ECF). Thelieria parva, the causative agent of ECF, is a killer parasite infecting cattle. The experimental vaccine is based on the use of nanoparticles to present and deliver p67C antigen. In future the vaccine will be de...

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Main Authors: Lacasta, Anna, Nene, Vishvanath M., Lovel, Jonathan, King, Neil, Mwangi, Thumbi
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2022
Subjects:
innovation
cattle
scaling up
vaccines
east coast fever
parasites
livestock
animal health
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126010
Summary:The assessment of an experimental vaccine for the control of East Coast fever (ECF). Thelieria parva, the causative agent of ECF, is a killer parasite infecting cattle. The experimental vaccine is based on the use of nanoparticles to present and deliver p67C antigen. In future the vaccine will be developed by an animal health company and used by livestock keepers to significantly reduce morbidity and mortality in their cattle herds. The new technology will also validate the nanoparticle platform for the delivery of subunit vaccines for livestock.

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