[1][8] In May 2010, a vaccine that was reported to protect cattle against East Coast fever had been approved and registered by the governments of Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania.

[9] Species in this genus undergo exoerythrocytic merogony in the lymphocytes, histiocytes, erythroblasts, and other cells of the internal organs.

The frequent occurrence of elongated bacillary or "bayonet" forms within the erythrocyte is considered as characteristic of this genus.

[10] Both T. annulata and T. parva induce transformation of infected cells of lymphocyte or macrophage/monocyte lineages.

Genomic data can be accessed though PiroplasmaDB which is part of the Eukaryotic Pathogen Database).