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Evaluation of effectiveness and safety of Subolesin anti-tick vaccine in Ugandan multi-site field trial Open

Fredrick Kabi, Marinela Contreras, Jimmy Semakula, Marta Sánchez‐Sánchez, Clara Muñoz , et al. · 2024

Vaccines are the most effective and sustainable intervention to control ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBD). Using a personalized vaccine design based on regional tick genotypes, a Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Subolesin protective antigen …

Perception of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases Worldwide Open

José de la Fuente, Agustín Estrada‐Peña, Marta Rafael, Consuelo Almazán, Sergio E. Bermúdez , et al. · 2023

In this comprehensive review study, we addressed the challenge posed by ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) with growing incidence affecting human and animal health worldwide. Data and perspectives were collected from different countries …

Inspiring Anti-Tick Vaccine Research, Development and Deployment in Tropical Africa for the Control of Cattle Ticks: Review and Insights Open

Paul D. Kasaija, Marinela Contreras, Halid Kirunda, Ann Nanteza, Fredrick Kabi , et al. · 2022

Ticks are worldwide ectoparasites to humans and animals, and are associated with numerous health and economic effects. Threatening over 80% of the global cattle population, tick and tick-borne diseases (TTBDs) particularly constrain livest…

Monitoring the Subolesin Vaccine Field Trial for Safer Control of Cattle Ticks Amidst Increasing Acaricide Resistance in Uganda Open

Fredrick Kabi, Moses Dhikusooka, Moses Matovu, Swidiq Mugerwa, Paul D. Kasaija , et al. · 2022

A collaboration program was established between the group of Health and Biotechnology (SaBio) of the IREC Institute of Game and Wildlife Research (CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Spain) and the National Agricultural Research Organization of Uganda (NARO) …

The Correlation between Subolesin-Reactive Epitopes and Vaccine Efficacy Open

Marinela Contreras, Paul D. Kasaija, Fredrick Kabi, Swidiq Mugerwa, José de la Fuente · 2022

Vaccination is an environmentally-friendly alternative for tick control. The tick antigen Subolesin (SUB) has shown protection in vaccines for the control of multiple tick species in cattle. Additionally, recent approaches in quantum vacci…

Citizen science initiative points at childhood BCG vaccination as a risk factor for COVID‐19 Open

José de la Fuente, Octavio Armas, Luis Sánchez Rodríguez, Christian Gortázar, Alexander N. Lukashev , et al. · 2021

Current results do not provide conclusive evidence on the effect of BCG vaccination on COVID-19 alone or in combination with other factors. To address this limitation, in this study we used a citizen science initiative on the COVID-19 pand…

Uganda MorePork project intervention plan 2021 - Feed development Open

Ben A. Lukuyu, P. Lutakome, Edwin Kangethe, Fredrick Kabi · 2021

Vaccination with Recombinant Subolesin Antigens Provides Cross-Tick Species Protection in Bos indicus and Crossbred Cattle in Uganda Open

Paul D. Kasaija, Marinela Contreras, Fredrick Kabi, Swidiq Mugerwa, José de la Fuente · 2020

Cattle tick infestations and transmitted pathogens affect animal health, production and welfare with an impact on cattle industry in tropical and subtropical countries. Anti-tick vaccines constitute an effective and sustainable alternative…

Occurrence of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotypes in Uganda and Tanzania (2003 to 2015): A Review and Implications for Prospective Regional Disease Control Open

Susan D. Kerfua, Moses Tefula Dhikusooka, Alice L. Mulondo, James Bugeza, Fredrick Kabi , et al. · 2020

Endemic foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) presents a global economic challenge to the livestock industry. The progressive control pathway for FMD (PCP-FMD) specifies successive steps through which a country/region can reduce FMD virus circulati…

Economic burden of bovine and human brucellosis in cattle farming communities of Adjumani district, Uganda Open

Williams Guma, Fredrick Kabi, Thomas Graham, Francis Ejobi · 2020

This study estimated the annual economic burden of bovine and human brucellosis in Adjumani District, Uganda in the year 2016 as extension of a larger study that determined seroprevalence and risk factors for brucellosis in cattle and huma…

Antigen gene and variable number tandem repeat ( VNTR ) diversity in Theileria parva parasites from Ankole cattle in south‐western Uganda: Evidence for conservation in antigen gene sequences combined with extensive polymorphism at VNTR loci Open

Anne Nanteza, Isaiah Obara, Paul D. Kasaija, Elisa Mwega, Fredrick Kabi , et al. · 2020

Theileria parva is a tick‐transmitted apicomplexan protozoan parasite that infects lymphocytes of cattle and African Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), causing a frequently fatal disease of cattle in eastern, central and southern Africa. A li…

Towards a Multidisciplinary Approach to Improve Cattle Health and Production in Uganda Open

José de la Fuente, Marinela Contreras, Paul D. Kasaija, Christian Gortázar, Francisco Ruiz‐Fons , et al. · 2019

A meeting and course supported by the Vice-Presidency for International Affairs of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the National Agricultural Research Organization of Uganda (NARO) were held at the National Livestock Resour…

Combining Landscape Genomics and Ecological Modelling to Investigate Local Adaptation of Indigenous Ugandan Cattle to East Coast Fever Open

Elia Vajana, Mario Barbato, Licia Colli, Marco Milanesi, Estelle Rochat , et al. · 2018

East Coast fever (ECF) is a fatal sickness affecting cattle populations of eastern, central, and southern Africa. The disease is transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, and caused by the protozoan Theileria parva pa…

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Combining landscape genomics and ecological modelling to investigate local adaptation of indigenous Ugandan cattle to East Coast fever Open

Elia Vajana, Mario Barbato, Licia Colli, Marco Milanesi, Estelle Rochat , et al. · 2018

East Coast fever (ECF) is a fatal sickness affecting cattle populations of eastern, central, and southern Africa. The disease is transmitted by the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus , and caused by the protozoan Theileria parva parva , whi…