Kinete stage of Theileria parva in the transmitting tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Clade:
Diaphoretickes
Clade:
SAR
Clade:
Alveolata
Phylum:
Apicomplexa
Class:
Aconoidasida
Order:
Piroplasmida
Family:
Theileriidae
Genus:
Theileria
Species:
T. parva
Binomial name
Theileria parva
(Theiler, 1904) Bettencourt, Franca & Borges, 1907
Theileria parva is a species of parasites, named in honour of Arnold Theiler, that causes East Coast fever (theileriosis) in cattle, a costly disease in Africa. The main vector for T. parva is the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus.[1] Theiler found that East Coast fever was not the same as redwater, but caused by a different protozoan.
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malabsorption, diarrhea, and sometimes bloody diarrhea in animals. Theileriaparva & T. annulata are tick-borne parasites which cause fatal East Coast...
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African horse sickness, sleeping sickness, malaria, East Coast fever (Theileriaparva) and tick-borne diseases such as redwater, heartwater and biliary....
2005). "Genome of the host-cell transforming parasite Theileria annulata compared with T. parva". Science. 309 (5731): 131–3. Bibcode:2005Sci...309..131P...
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