Streptococcus iniae: An aquatic pathogen of global veterinary significance and a challenging candidate for reliable vaccination

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Agnew, Wendy ^a   Barnes, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Streptococcus iniae; Vaccines; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AQUAVAC GARVETIL; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CLOXACILLIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FORMALDEHYDE; FURAZOLIDONE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INACTIVATED VACCINE; NORVAX STREP SI; ORALJECT; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOCOCCUS VACCINE; TYLOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGING; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AQUACULTURE; AQUATIC SPECIES; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FISH DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PUNCTURE; REVIEW; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WOUND INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; FISHES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PLATANISTIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS INIAE;

EID: 34247120555     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.03.002     Document Type: Review

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