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10 Ugandan scientists who developed anti-tick vaccine Thursday April 15 2021 Summary ECF is one of the deadly tick-borne diseases which is a huge economic threat to farmers with herds of exotic breeds, cross-breeds and increasingly on local breeds raised in a tick-free environment. Advertisement A team of scientists from Makerere University who developed the anti-tick vaccine called ticvac-u have been unveiled. Dr Margaret Saimo-Kahwa, the lead developer of the vaccine, on Tuesday said the development started in 2005 with a seed grant from the Dutch Research Council, but the government of Uganda through the Presidential Initiative on Science and Technology took interest and continued providing financial support to date. ....