The genome of the protozoan parasite Cystoisospora suis and a reverse vaccinology approach to identify vaccine candidates

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 189-202

  Palmieri, Nicola ^a   Shrestha, Aruna ^a   Ruttkowski, Bärbel ^a   Beck, Tomas ^a   Vogl, Claus ^a   Tomley, Fiona ^b   Blake, Damer P ^b   Joachim, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigens; Apicomplexa; Coccidia; Illumina sequencing; Transcriptome; Vacceed

Indexed keywords

AMA1; M2AP; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MIC1; MIC10; MIC12; MIC13; MIC2; MIC3; MIC4; MIC5; MIC8; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; ROP1; ROP13; ROP16; ROP2; ROP5; ROP8; ROP9; SAG1; SAG2; SAG3; SAG4; SAG5; SRS1; SRS2; SRS28; SRS9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANTIGEN; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; GENOMICS; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITE; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; TESTING METHOD; VACCINE;

APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CYSTOISOSPORA SUIS; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; GENE; GENOME; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SAG GENE; SRS GENE; SUCKLING ANIMAL; VACCINE PRODUCTION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PIG; SARCOCYSTIDAE;

APICOMPLEXA; COCCIDIA; CYSTOISOSPORA; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWINE;

EID: 85011703163     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2016.11.007     Document Type: Article

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