Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle

The Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) of vaccination against the apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva has been used since the early 1970s and is still the only commercially available vaccine to combat the fatal bovine disease, East Coast fever (ECF). The disease is tick-transmitted and results i...

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Autores principales: Patel, Ekta, Mwaura, S., Kiara, Henry K., Morzaria, S.P., Peters, A., Toye, Philip G.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69190
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author Patel, Ekta
Mwaura, S.
Kiara, Henry K.
Morzaria, S.P.
Peters, A.
Toye, Philip G.
author_browse Kiara, Henry K.
Morzaria, S.P.
Mwaura, S.
Patel, Ekta
Peters, A.
Toye, Philip G.
author_facet Patel, Ekta
Mwaura, S.
Kiara, Henry K.
Morzaria, S.P.
Peters, A.
Toye, Philip G.
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description The Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) of vaccination against the apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva has been used since the early 1970s and is still the only commercially available vaccine to combat the fatal bovine disease, East Coast fever (ECF). The disease is tick-transmitted and results in annual economic losses of at least $300 million per year. While this vaccine technology has been available for over 40 years, few attempts have been made to standardize the production process and characterize the vaccine. The latest batch was produced in early 2008 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The vaccine production involves the use of cattle free from parasites routinely monitored throughout the production process, and a pathogen-free tick colony. This paper describes the protocol used in the recent production, and the process improvements, including improved quality control tools, that had not been employed in previous ITM productions. The paper also describes the processes involved in determining the appropriate field dose, which involved a three-stepin vivo study with various dilutions of the vaccine stabilate. The vaccine was shown to be safe and viable after production, and a suitable field dose was identified as 1 ml of a 1:100 dilution.
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spelling CGSpace691902024-01-12T10:00:54Z Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle Patel, Ekta Mwaura, S. Kiara, Henry K. Morzaria, S.P. Peters, A. Toye, Philip G. animal diseases The Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) of vaccination against the apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva has been used since the early 1970s and is still the only commercially available vaccine to combat the fatal bovine disease, East Coast fever (ECF). The disease is tick-transmitted and results in annual economic losses of at least $300 million per year. While this vaccine technology has been available for over 40 years, few attempts have been made to standardize the production process and characterize the vaccine. The latest batch was produced in early 2008 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The vaccine production involves the use of cattle free from parasites routinely monitored throughout the production process, and a pathogen-free tick colony. This paper describes the protocol used in the recent production, and the process improvements, including improved quality control tools, that had not been employed in previous ITM productions. The paper also describes the processes involved in determining the appropriate field dose, which involved a three-stepin vivo study with various dilutions of the vaccine stabilate. The vaccine was shown to be safe and viable after production, and a suitable field dose was identified as 1 ml of a 1:100 dilution. 2016-03 2015-12-10T20:44:45Z 2015-12-10T20:44:45Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69190 en Limited Access Elsevier Patel, E., Mwaura, S., Kiara, H., Morzaria, S., Peters, A. and Toye, P. 2016. 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(2): 306–314.
spellingShingle animal diseases
Patel, Ekta
Mwaura, S.
Kiara, Henry K.
Morzaria, S.P.
Peters, A.
Toye, Philip G.
Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle
title Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle
title_full Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle
title_fullStr Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle
title_full_unstemmed Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle
title_short Production and dose determination of the Infection and Treatment Method (ITM) Muguga cocktail vaccine used to control East Coast fever in cattle
title_sort production and dose determination of the infection and treatment method itm muguga cocktail vaccine used to control east coast fever in cattle
topic animal diseases
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/69190
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