Article
Construction, characterization, and immunogenicity of an attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium pgtE vaccine expressing fimbriae with integrated viral epitopes from the spiC promoter.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 2003
Chen Huaiqing, Schifferli Dieter M
Abstract excerpt
Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) is a porcine coronavirus that causes diarrhea, leading to near 100% mortality in neonatal piglets with corresponding devastating economic consequences. For the protection of neonatal and older animals, oral live vaccines present the attractive property of inducing desired mucosal immune responses, including colostral antibodies in sows--an effective means to passively...
Topics
- Adhesins, Escherichia coli
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Antigens, Viral
- Bacterial Proteins
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial
- Endopeptidases
- Epitopes
- Female
- Fimbriae Proteins