A Neospora caninum vaccine using recombinant proteins fails to prevent foetal infection in pregnant cattle after experimental intravenous challenge

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 162, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 142-153

  Hecker, Yanina P ^a,b   Cóceres, Verónica ^c   Wilkowsky, Silvina E ^a,b   Jaramillo Ortiz, José M ^a,b   Morrell, Eleonora L ^b   Verna, Andrea E ^b   Ganuza, Agustina ^c   Cano, Dora B ^b   Lischinsky, Lilian ^b   Ángel, Sergio O ^c   Zamorano, Patricia ^a,b   Odeón, Anselmo C ^b   Leunda, María R ^b   Campero, Carlos M ^b   Morein, Bror ^d   Moore, Dadín P ^a,b  

^a Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ISCOMs; Neospora caninum; RNcGRA7; RNcHSP20; RNcSAG1; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 20; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; ISCOM; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; RECOMBINANT NEOSPORA CANINUM GRA7 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT NEOSPORA CANINUM HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 20; RECOMBINANT NEOSPORA CANINUM SAG1 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RESIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; SAG1 PROTEIN, NEOSPORA CANINUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS; HEIFER; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MATING; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VERO CELL LINE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; COCCIDIOSIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; NEOSPORA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARDS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FETUS; HSP20 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; ISCOMS; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 84919462109     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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