Tick fever or cattle fever (babesiosis) is economically the most important arthropod-borne
disease of cattle worldwide with vast areas of Australia, Africa, South and Central America …

Intramammary infections of dairy cows with Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus
aureus (major cause of mastitis) have received a lot of attention because of their major …

Babesia, the causal agent of babesiosis, are tick-borne apicomplexan protozoa. True
babesiae (Babesia genus sensu stricto) are biologically characterized by direct …

Invading pathogens are controlled by the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system.
Adaptive immunity, which is mediated by B and T lymphocytes, recognises pathogens by …

Babesiosis, recognized since ancient times as an important disease of livestock and more
recently as an emerging disease in dogs worldwide, is caused by intraerythrocytic protozoa …

The targeted diagnosis and effective treatments of chronic skin wounds remain a healthcare
burden, requiring the development of sensors for real-time monitoring of wound healing …

The activation of innate immune responses by genomic DNA from bacteria and several
nonvertebrate organisms represents a novel mechanism of pathogen recognition. We …

The tick-transmitted apicomplexan parasites Babesia bovis and B. bigemina cause
significant disease in cattle in many tropical and temperate areas of the world. These …

Babesia bovis causes an acute and often fatal infection in adult cattle, which if resolved,
leads to a state of persistent infection in otherwise clinically healthy cattle. Persistently …

Protective immunity against the ehrlichial pathogen Anaplasma marginale has been
hypothesized to require induction of immunoglobulin G2 (IgG2) antibody against outer …