Mic1-3 knockout Toxoplasma gondii is a good candidate for a vaccine against T. gondii -induced abortion in sheep

Veterinary Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Mévélec, Marie Noëlle ^a   Ducournau, Céline ^a   Ismael, Alaa Bassuny ^a   Olivier, Michel ^b   Sèche, Édouard ^c   Lebrun, Maryse ^d   Bout, Daniel ^a   Dimier Poisson, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UR1282   (France)

^c UFR de Pharmacie   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Abortion; Mic1 3KO; Sheep; Toxoplasma gondii; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIC1 PROTEIN, TOXOPLASMA GONDII; MIC3 PROTEIN, TOXOPLASMA GONDII; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 77953829817     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2010021     Document Type: Article

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