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Parasites to the resuce: Study suggests dual infections may help control livestock and human infectious diseases

Fighting fire with fire: Study suggests novel way of controlling livestock and human infectious diseases

In Ethiopia’s Ghibe valley, an ILRI control herd waits for monthly parasitology tests (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

‘Herds of African cattle may hold the secret to new ways of fighting parasitic diseases like malaria, which kills some 600,000 people a year, scientists said on Friday.

‘The researchers from the University of Edinburgh found that cows are protected from a parasite that causes a…

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When two parasites are better than one: (Unusual) insights into ways to combat human parasitic diseases

When two parasites are better than one: (Unusual) insights into ways to combat human parasitic diseases

Portrait of one of Kenya’s  Improved Boran breed of cattle (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

‘Parasites found in African cattle could offer a new insight into ways of combatting serious parasitic diseases in humans, including malaria.

A team funded by the Wellcome Trust has found that cows can be protected from parasites that cause deadly diseases if they have been infected with a closely…

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New paper on parasitic infections shows the benefits of co-infections with the 'mild cousins' of important pathogens

New paper on parasitic infections shows the benefits of co-infections with the ‘mild cousins’ of important pathogens

  An animal vaccinated against East Coast fever, as shown by its ear tag (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

Herds of African cattle may hold the secret to new ways of fighting parasitic diseases like malaria, which kills some 600,000 people a year, scientists said on Friday.

‘The researchers from the University of Edinburgh found that cows are protected from a parasite that causes a deadly…

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ILRI's Philip Toye VOA interview on East Coast fever, and the benefits of co-parasitic infections

ILRI’s Philip Toye VOA interview on East Coast fever, and the benefits of co-parasitic infections

ILRI-Wellcome projects have investigated the disease pathogens circulating in both people and animals in the communities outside the border town of Busia, Kenya, where smallholders mix crop growing with livestock raising (photo credit: ILRI/Pye-Smith).

Voice of America’s Joe DeCapua interview Phil Toye, a scientist with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), about a paper…

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Fighting fire with fire: New study shows co-parasitic infections of cattle protect the animals from lethal disease

Fighting fire with fire: New study shows co-parasitic infections of cattle protect the animals from lethal disease

A Boran calf and girl in eastern Kenya (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann).

A new study of the cattle killer East Coast fever finds a protective process that may also be at work in human malaria: Infections with milder parasites may protect against severe disease.

African cattle infected with a lethal parasite that kills one million cows per year are less likely to die when co-infected with the…

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