Echinococcus granulosus: Variability of the host-protective EG95 vaccine antigen in G6 and G7 genotypic variants

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 499-505

  Chow, Conan ^a   Gauci, Charles G ^a   Vural, Gulay ^b   Jenkins, David J ^c   Heath, David D ^d   Rosenzvit, Mara C ^e   Harandi, Majid Fasihi ^f   Lightowlers, Marshall W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Pendik Veterinary Research Institute   (Turkey)

^c Australian Hydatid Control and Epidemiology Program   (Australia)

^d AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^f KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

base pair(s); bp; cDNA; Cestode; complementary DNA; deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Echinococcus granulosus; Gene expression; Gene family; Host protective antigen; kbp; Kilobase pairs; messenger RNA; mRNA; PCR; polymerase chain reaction; ribonucleic acid; RNA; untranslated region; UTR; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN EG95; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG ANTIGENICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, HELMINTH; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; GENOTYPE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 46749091729     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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