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Genomic evidence that the live Chlamydia abortus vaccine strain 1B is not attenuated and has the potential to cause disease.
Vaccine - 14 Jun 2018
Longbottom David, Sait Michelle, Livingstone Morag, Laroucau Karine, Sachse Konrad, Harris Simon R, Thomson Nicholas R, Seth-Smith Helena M B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The live, temperature-attenuated vaccine strain 1B of Chlamydia abortus, the aetiological agent of ovine enzootic abortion (OEA), has been implicated in cases of vaccine breakdown. The aim of this study was to understand the nature of this attenuation through sequencing of the vaccine parent strain (AB7) and the derived mutant strains 1B and 1H, as well as to clarify the role of the vaccine strain in...
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