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Use of a rationally attenuated Bordetella bronchiseptica as a live mucosal vaccine and vector for heterologous antigens.
Vaccine - 22 May 2002
Stevenson Andrew, Roberts Mark
Abstract excerpt
Inactivation of the aroA gene of Bordetella bronchiseptica severely impaired its ability to colonise the respiratory tract of mice. The B. bronchiseptica aroA mutant was investigated as a live vaccine and vector for heterologous antigens. The B. bronchiseptica aroA mutant expressing the non-toxic fragment C (FrgC) of tetanus toxin (strain GVB120) was used to immunise mice intranasally. Immunised mice produced a...
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