Aerosol vaccination of the brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) with bacille Calmette-Guérin: The duration of protection

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 181-191

  Corner, L A L ^a   Buddle, B M ^b   Pfeiffer, D U ^a   Morris, R S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BCG vaccination; Brushtail possum; Mycobacterium bovis; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INOCULATION; LUNG INJURY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL;

EID: 0035954833     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(01)00344-3     Document Type: Article

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