Assessment of the immunogenic potential of Rhodococcus equi virulence associated protein (VapA) in mice

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 213-225

  Prescott, J F ^a   Patterson, M C ^a   Nicholson, V M ^a   Morein, B ^b   Yager, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immunization; Rhodococcus equi; Virulence associated protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPROTEINS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0030835596     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(97)00090-4     Document Type: Article

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