𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟯:In 1973, Thomas A. Miller of the University of Glasgow Vet School, had his canine hookworm (Ancylostoma caninum) vaccine approved for commerical use in the US. Though discontinued in 1975, Miller's work has informed hookworm vaccine research to this day! @BAVet_Parasitol 
- Image references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancylosto…; theses.gla.ac.uk/73163/1/106475…;
- References: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.416…; academic.oup.com/cid/article/46…; https://t.co/FIP0lm4fOy
- References: tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.416…; academic.oup.com/cid/article/46…; https://t.co/FIP0lm4fOy
𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟰: In Oct '73, Dr Dan Jones of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami introduced Acanthamoeba spp. as a human ocular pathogen to a meeting of the Ocular Microbiology & Immunology Group in the USA. Months later, in 1974, Nagington et al. would publish the 1st case studies
- Image references: thelancet.com/journals/lance…; ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
- References: https://t.co/JpL16nsf2J; onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…; thelancet.com/journals/lance…; https://t.co/5WkELsuLJV; journals.lww.com/corneajrnl/Abs…
- References: https://t.co/JpL16nsf2J; onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…; thelancet.com/journals/lance…; https://t.co/5WkELsuLJV; journals.lww.com/corneajrnl/Abs…
𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟱: The first issue of "Veterinary Parasitology" was released & in it, a description of the 1st vaccine for East Coast Fever in cattle, i.e. bovine theileriosis. 47 yrs later, the "Mugaga Cocktail" of #Theileria sporozoites is still used & being improved upon!
- Image references: galvmed.org/east-coast-fev…; jstor.org/stable/25500; influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Brown_…
- References: reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/…; ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…; onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pi…; journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…; sciensano.be/en/projects/su…
- References: reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/…; ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…; onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pi…; journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…; sciensano.be/en/projects/su…
Our 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟲 breakthrough in #Parasitology? What else could it be other than Trager & Jensen, 1976?! This @ScienceMagazine publication described, for the 1st time, a method for continuous cultivation of #Plasmodium falciparum in vitro. This paper changed #malaria research forever
- Image references: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.…; science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
- References: https://t.co/Cqq5mwDWGV; jstor.org/stable/20059703; https://t.co/R3cQhZ7wHk
- References: https://t.co/Cqq5mwDWGV; jstor.org/stable/20059703; https://t.co/R3cQhZ7wHk
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