Short report: Echinococcus granulosus from Xinjiang, PR CHINA: cDNAS encoding the EG95 vaccine antigen are expressed in different life cycle stages and are conserved in the oncosphere

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-43

  Zhang, Wenbao ^b   Li, Jun ^a   You, Hong ^a   Zhang, Zhuangzhi ^b   Turson, Gulinul ^b   Loukas, Alex ^a   McManus, Donald P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Feed Research Institute   (China)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN EG95; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; EG95 PROTEIN, ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HELMINTH PROTEIN; HELMINTH RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE CYCLE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DOG; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHINA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINES;

EID: 0037267899     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.40     Document Type: Article

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