Cloned Histomonas meleagridis passaged in vitro resulted in reduced pathogenicity and is capable of protecting turkeys from histomonosis

Vaccine

Volumn 26, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 4187-4193

  Hess, Michael ^a   Liebhart, Dieter ^a   Grabensteiner, Elvira ^a   Singh, Amarjit ^a  

^a Clinic for Avian   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cloned Histomonas meleagridis; Histomonosis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; HISTOMONOSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER INJURY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; TURKEY (BIRD); VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CECUM; LIVER; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; SERIAL PASSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TURKEYS; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 47149110831     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.05.071     Document Type: Article

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