Immunoprophylaxis of Punta Toro virus (Phlebovirus, Bunyaviridae) infection in hamsters with recombinant Eimeria profilin-like antigen

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1089-1094

  Gowen, Brian B ^a   Judge, John W ^b   Wong, Min Hui ^a   Jung, Kie Hoon ^a   Aylsworth, Charles F ^b,c   Melby, Peter C ^d   Rosenberg, Barnett ^b   Morrey, John D ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Barros Research Institute   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Immune modulator; Phlebovirus; Profilin; Punta Toro virus

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 21; PROFILIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; EIMERIA; FEMALE; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNTA TORO VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CRICETINAE; EIMERIA; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-2; MESOCRICETUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 50949096184     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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