Recombinant baculovirus-synthesized African horsesickness virus (AHSV) outer-capsid protein VP2 provides protection against virulent AHSV challenge

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2053-2057

  Roy, Polly ^a,b,c   Bishop, David H L ^b   Howard, Stephen ^b   Aitchison, Henry ^d   Erasmus, Baltus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Onderstepoort Biological Products   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

AFRICAN HORSE SICKNESS VIRUS 4; AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS VIRUS; ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; INSECTA; MIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0029845337     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-77-9-2053     Document Type: Article

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