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

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Deaths caused by East Coast fever, the biggest killer of East African cattle, dropped 89 per cent among calves which were also infected with other species of parasite that do not cause disease. Continue reading →

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

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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. Continue reading →

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

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Voice of America’s Joe DeCapua interview Phil Toye, a scientist with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), about a paper published this week in Science Advance. Continue reading →