In vitro and in vivo evaluation of five low molecular weight proteins of Ehrlichia ruminantium as potential vaccine components

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 137, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 217-225

  Sebatjane, S I ^a,b   Pretorius, A ^a   Liebenberg, J ^a   Steyn, H ^a   Van Kleef, M ^a,b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

DNA vaccine; E. ruminantium; ELISPOT; Recombinant proteins

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; SHEEP; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPEN READING FRAMES; SHEEP; VACCINES, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77956265695     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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