Vaccination effects of recombinant chitinase protein from the hard tick Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 709-712

  You, Myungjo ^a,c   Fujisaki, Kozo ^b,c  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitinase; Haemaphysalis longicornis; Immunological method; Recombinant CHT1; Tick control

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHITINASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IXODIDAE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TICK INFESTATIONS; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

ACARI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMAPHYSALIS LONGICORNIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MUS;

EID: 68849109123     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.71.709     Document Type: Article

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