Bovine innate and adaptive immune responses against Escherichia coli O157: H7 and vaccination strategies to reduce faecal shedding in ruminants

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 152, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 109-120

  Walle, Kris Vande ^a   Vanrompay, Daisy ^a   Cox, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EHEC; Escherichia coli; Immunity; Ruminants; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; INTIMIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BOVIDS; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI VACCINES; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; VACCINATION; ZOONOSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875533579     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.09.028     Document Type: Article

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