Fasciola hepatica: Vaccination of rabbits with native and recombinant antigens related to fatty acid binding proteins

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 219-229

  Muro, Antonio ^a,b,d   Ramajo, Vicente ^a   López, Julio ^a   Simón, Fernando ^b   Hillyer, George V ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; Rabbit; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; IMMUNOGENICITY; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLIASIS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; LIVER; MYELIN P2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RABBITS; VACCINATION; VACCINES; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

DIGENEA (FLUKES); FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS;

EID: 0030825444     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01131-4     Document Type: Article

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