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Production of highly immunogenic virus-like particles of bovine papillomavirus type 6 in silkworm pupae.
Vaccine - 13 Oct 2017
Watanabe Satoko, Iizuka Tetsuya, Hatama Shinichi, Kanno Toru, Mase Masaji, Shibahara Tomoyuki
Abstract excerpt
Bovine papillomaviruses (BPVs) are the causative agent of bovine teat papillomatosis, which can lead to severe economic losses in dairy cattle. Among the 14 identified BPV genotypes, BPV type 6 (BPV6) is the most frequently detected in teat papilloma lesions, and is therefore thought to play a major role in teat papillomatosis. To develop an effective vaccine against BPV6 infection, we produced virus-like...
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