CTTBD Vaccine Production

Vaccine Production

The Tick-Borne Diseases vaccines and sero-diagnostic reagents produced at the Center include East Coast fever(ECF) vaccines. CTTBD has in the past produced Heart water(Cowdria) vaccines, Anaplasma/Babesia vaccines and ECF antigen slides. The East Coast fever vaccines have been marketed within the SADC and East African region.
The ECF vaccine strains produced include:

1.Muguga trivalent(cocktail)for East African countries including Malawi.
2.Katete strain for Eastern Zambia.
3.Chitongo strain for Southern Zambia.