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Evaluation of Brucella melitensis B115 as rough-phenotype vaccine against B. melitensis and B. ovis infections.
Vaccine - 8 Sept 2008
Adone R, Francia M, Ciuchini F
Abstract excerpt
Brucella melitensis strain Rev1 is used as vaccine for the prophylaxis of brucellosis in sheep and goats. Because of its smooth phenotype, however, it induces antibodies directed to the O-polysaccharide (O-PS) of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS), thus unabling to distinguish between vaccinated and infected animals. It has been speculated that alternative vaccines could be live, attenuated Brucella rough strains,...
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