Virus isolation and vaccination of mediterranean tortoises against a chelonid herpesvirus in a chronically infected population in Italy

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 376-379

  Marschang, R E ^a   Milde, K ^a   Bellavista, M ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Herpesvirus; Reptile; Serology; Tortoise; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INACTIVATED VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TIME; TURTLE; VACCINATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ITALY; MALE; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, INACTIVATED; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 0035464995     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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