The Protective Effect of Clostridium novyi Type B Alpha-Toxoid against Challenge with Spores in Guinea Pigs

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 681-685

  Amimoto, Katsuhiko ^a   Sasaki, Osamu ^a   Isogai, Makoto ^a   Kitajima, Takashi ^a   Oishi, Eiji ^a   Okada, Nobutaka ^a   Yasuhara, Hisao ^a  

^a Kyoto Biken Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha toxin; Clostridium novyi; Protective effect; Toxoid

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI;

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI ALPHA TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM NOVYI ALPHA-TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CERCOPITHECUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SPORES, BACTERIAL; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0032086162     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.60.681     Document Type: Article

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