title: Theileria parva piroplasmosis in mice, and its attempted transmission with Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks.
abstract: Theileria parva piroplasm infection of mouse erythrocytes was detected, following intraperitoneal inoculation of mice with irradiated cultures of T. parva-infected bovine lymphoid cells. Infection could not be transmitted to cattle using Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016782:Apicomplexa / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000635:transmission*; D002417:Cattle; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D013156:Splenectomy; D013934:Thymectomy; D013987:Ticks / Q000469:parasitology*