Interactions between chemotherapy and immunity in bovine theileriosis.

Abstract

In bovine theileriosis the use of chemotherapy to control an infection sufficiently long to permit the establishment of a solid protective immune response has been developed as a routine vaccination procedure. Infections with Theileria parva and T. annulata can be prevented by the administration of carefully controlled numbers of sporozoites simultaneously with a long acting tetracycline and this form of immunization has been widely used for the control of East Coast fever in Africa with considerable success. In this review, the nature of the chemotherapy, the immune response and the interactions between chemotherapy and immunity in the development of infection-and-treatment immunization procedures are discussed.

• Authors: F E Cox
• Journal: Parasitology (Parasitology) Vol. 105 Suppl Pg. S79-84 ( 1992) ISSN: 0031-1820 [Print] England
• PMID: 1308933 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Naphthoquinones
• Protozoan Vaccines
• Tetracyclines

Topics

• Animals
• Cattle
• Immunization
• Naphthoquinones (immunology, therapeutic use)
• Protozoan Vaccines (immunology)
• Tetracyclines (adverse effects, pharmacology, therapeutic use)
• Theileriasis (drug therapy, immunology)