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Vaccine potential of attenuated mutants of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis in sheep.
Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 1998
Simmons C P, Dunstan S J, Tachedjian M, Krywult J, Hodgson A L, Strugnell R A
Abstract excerpt
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, a gram-positive facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen, is the etiological agent of the economically important disease caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) in both sheep and goats. Attenuated mutants of C. pseudotuberculosis have the potential to act as novel vaccines against CLA and as veterinary vaccine vectors. In this report, we have assessed the virulence of both aroQ and pld...
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