Protective immunity against Eimeria acervulina following in ovo immunization with a recombinant subunit vaccine and cytokine genes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 6939-6944

  Ding, Xicheng ^a   Lillehoj, Hyun S ^a   Quiroz, Marco A ^b,d   Bevensee, Erich ^b   Lillehoj, Erik P ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AviTech LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^d NOVUS INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 1E PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 16; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; SUBUNIT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EMBRYO; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HATCHING; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INTESTINE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; CYTOKINES; EGGS; EIMERIA; FECES; GENE THERAPY; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SUBUNIT; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 9244225664     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.6939-6944.2004     Document Type: Article

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