Immune responses to Neospora caninum and prospects for vaccination

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 497-504

  Innes, Elisabeth A ^a   Andrianarivo, Aurélie G ^b   Björkman, Camilla ^c   Williams, Diana J L ^d   Conrad, Patricia A ^b  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Cattle; Immune responses; Immunology; Neospora caninum; Parasitology; Pharmaceutical Science; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; INACTIVATED VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLAMMATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; UTERUS; VACCINATION;

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036862091     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)02372-3     Document Type: Review

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