DNA vaccines and their applications in veterinary practice: Current perspectives

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 341-356

  Dhama, K ^a   Mahendran, Mahesh ^a   Gupta, P K ^a   Rai, A ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Animal diseases; Cytokines; DNA vaccines; Recombinant vaccines; Vaccination; Veterinary vaccines

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; COPOLYMER; CYTOKINE; DNA VACCINE; LIPOSOME; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID VACCINE; PLASMID DNA; POLYCATION; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BRUCELLOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA IMMUNIZATION; DOG DISEASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG STABILITY; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; GENE GUN; GENETIC IMMUNIZATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INOCULATION; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABIES; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUPPOSITORY; SWINE DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNIZATION; PLASMIDS; VACCINES, DNA; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 43249111930     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-008-9040-3     Document Type: Review

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