Molecular characterisation of a Theileria lestoquardi gene encoding a candidate sporozoite vaccine antigen

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 309-314

  Skilton, Robert A ^a   Musoke, Anthony J ^a   Nene, Vishvanath ^a   Wasawo, Delia P S ^a   Wells, Clive W ^a   Spooner, Paul R ^a   Bishop, Richard P ^a   Osaso, Julius ^a   Nkonge, Catherine ^a   Latif, Abdulla ^b   Morzaria, Subhash P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Sporozoite antigen; Sub unit vaccine; Theileria lestoquardi

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; SPOROZOITE VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROZOITE; THEILERIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CROSS REACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TICKS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI;

EID: 0034656398     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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