Conservation of neutralizing determinants between the sporozoite surface antigens of Theileria annulata and Theileria parva

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-241

  Knight, P ^d   Musoke, A J ^b   Gachanja, J N ^b   Nene, V ^b   Katzer, F ^c   Boulter, N ^c   Hall, R ^c   Brown, C G D ^a   Williamson, S ^a   Kirvar, E ^a   Bell Sakyi, L ^a   Hussain, K ^d   Tait, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigen; Epitope; Polymorphism; Protozoa; Sporozoite; Theileria; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEILERIA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 0029894133     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0030     Document Type: Article

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