Evaluating the virulence of a Brucella melitensis hemagglutinin gene in the caprine model

Vaccine

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2010, Pages

  Perry, Quinesha L ^a   Hagius, Sue D ^b   Walker, Joel V ^b   Elzer, Philip H ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella; Caprine brucellosis; Gene replacement; Hemagglutinin; Host specificity; Virulence

Indexed keywords

HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GOAT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEMAGGLUTININS; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 77956737447     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.03.056     Document Type: Article

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