Successful vaccination against Onchocerca ochengi infestation in cattle using live Onchocerca volvulus infective larvae

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 113-116

  Achukwi, M D ^a,b   Harnett, W ^b   Enyong, P ^c   Renz, A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Research Centre (IMPM)   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle; IgG subclass antibodies; Infective larvae; Lymphocytes; Onchocerca ochengi; Onchocerca volvulus; Recombinant O. volvulus antigens; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; INOCULATION; LARVA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS REACTIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; DAMNOSUM COMPLEX; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 33846930347     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2006.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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