The inactivated cowdria ruminantium vaccine for heartwater protects against heterologous strains and against laboratory and field tick challenge

Vaccine

Volumn 16, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 1203-1211

  Mahan, S M ^a,b   Kumbula, D ^a   Burridge, M J ^b   Barbet, A F ^b  

^a UF/USAID/SADC Heartwater Res Proj   (Zimbabwe)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cowdria ruminantium; Heartwater; Inactivated vaccine; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; COWDRIA RUMINANTUM VACCINE; FREUND ADJUVANT; INACTIVATED VACCINE; QS 21; QUIL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EHRLICHIA; HEARTWATER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP DISEASE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 0031780659     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(98)80120-5     Document Type: Article

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