Theileria parva

Theileria parva
	Kinete stage of Theileria parva in the transmitting tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.

^ Olwoch JM, Reyers B, Engelbrecht FA, Erasmus BF (2008). "Climate change and the tick-borne disease, Theileriosis (East Coast fever) in sub-Saharan Africa". Journal of Arid Environments. 72 (2): 108–20. Bibcode:2008JArEn..72..108O. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.04.003.

[Olwoch-1] Olwoch JM, Reyers B, Engelbrecht FA, Erasmus BF (2008). "Climate change and the tick-borne disease, Theileriosis (East Coast fever) in sub-Saharan Africa". Journal of Arid Environments. 72 (2): 108–20. Bibcode:2008JArEn..72..108O. doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.04.003.

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