Reduced cerebral infection of Neospora caninum in BALB/c mice vaccinated with recombinant Brucella abortus RB51 strains expressing N. caninum SRS2 and GRA7 proteins

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 219-230

  Vemulapalli, Ramesh ^a   Sanakkayala, Neelima ^a   Gulani, Jatinder ^a   Schurig, Gerhardt G ^b   Boyle, Stephen M ^b   Lindsay, David S ^b   Sriranganathan, Nammalwar ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus RB51; GRA7; Neospora caninum; Recombinant vaccine; SRS2

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 5; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN GRA7; PROTEIN SRS2; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAIN INFECTION; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN CELL; TACHYZOITE; TH1 CELL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; COCCIDIOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOSPORA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPLEEN; VACCINES, DNA;

BOS; BOVINAE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34548047021     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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