Identification of Ehrlichia ruminantium proteins that activate cellular immune responses using a reverse vaccinology strategy

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 145, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 340-349

  Liebenberg, J ^a,b   Pretorius, A ^a   Faber, F E ^a   Collins, N E ^b   Allsopp, B A ^b   van Kleef, M ^a,b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia ruminantium; Reverse vaccinology; Th1 cytokines

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON-GAMMA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IXODIDA;

EID: 84856558651     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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