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Antigen Uptake during Different Life Stages of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Using a GFP-Tagged Yersinia ruckeri.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Korbut Rozalia, Mehrdana Foojan, Kania Per Walter, Larsen Marianne Halberg, Frees Dorte, Dalsgaard Inger, Jørgensen Louise von Gersdorff
Abstract excerpt
Immersion-vaccines (bacterins) are routinely used for aquacultured rainbow trout to protect against Yersinia ruckeri (Yr). During immersion vaccination, rainbow trout take up and process the antigens, which induce protection. The zebrafish was used as a model organism to study uptake mechanisms and subsequent antigen transport in fish. A genetically modified Yr was developed to constitutively express green...
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