Microsatellite and minisatellite genotyping of Theileria parva population from southern Africa reveals possible discriminatory allele profiles with parasites from eastern Africa.

•Report on genotypic diversity of T. parva from South Africa and Mozambique.•T. parva from southern and eastern Africa differ genotypically but with similarities.•T. parva from cattle from the two regions of Africa differ on three satellite loci.•Selected T. parva populations from southern and eastern Africa are panmictic.