Comparative study of protective activities of Neospora caninum bradyzoite antigens, NcBAG1, NcBSR4, NcMAG1, and NcSAG4, in a mouse model of acute parasitic infection

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 655-663

  Uchida, Masaki ^a   Nagashima, Kotomi ^a   Akatsuka, Yui ^a   Murakami, Takashi ^b   Ito, Akira ^c   Imai, Soichi ^a   Ike, Kazunori ^a  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nemuro Agricultural Mutual Aid Association   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INTERLEUKIN 4; NCBAG1 VACCINE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; RNCBSR4 VACCINE; RNCMAG1 VACCINE; RNCSAG4 VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BRADYZOITE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; ISOLATED ORGAN; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; TACHYZOITE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NEOSPORA; PARASITE LOAD; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84878359303     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3182-5     Document Type: Article

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