Pilot field trial of the EG95 vaccine against ovine cystic echinococcosis in Rio Negro, Argentina: Early impact and preliminary data

Acta Tropica

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-151

  Larrieu, Edmundo ^a,b   Herrero, Eduardo ^a   Mujica, Guillermo ^a   Labanchi, Jose Luis ^a   Araya, Daniel ^a   Grizmado, Claudia ^a   Calabro, Arnoldo ^a   Talmon, Gabriel ^a   Ruesta, Guillermo ^a   Perez, Alicia ^a   Gatti, Antonio ^a   Santillán, Graciela ^c   Cabrera, Marta ^c   Arezzo, Marcos ^a   Seleiman, Marcos ^a   Cavagión, Laura ^b   Cachau, Mariela García ^b   Alvarez Rojas, Cristian A ^d   Gino, Lilia ^b   Gauci, Charles G ^d   Heath, David D ^e   Lamberti, Roberto ^b   Lightowlers, Marshall W ^d   more..

^a National Ministry of Health   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^c Instituto Nacional de Microbiología ANLIS MALBRAN   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Control; Diagnosis; Echinococcosis; EG95; Spacial analysis; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCOCCOSIS VACCINE; EG95 VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIELD STUDY; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINES;

ARGENTINA; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA];

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84877810706     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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