Analysis of vaccine potential of live recombinant and inactivated wild strains of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis

F.A. Dorella
Published: September 01, 2009
Genet. Mol. Res. 8 (3) : 1056-1056
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4238/vol8-3ta022

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F.A. Dorella (2009). Analysis of vaccine potential of live recombinant and inactivated wild strains of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Genet. Mol. Res. 8(3): 1056-1056. https://doi.org/10.4238/vol8-3ta022

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F.A. Dorella


Caseous lymphadenitis (CLA) is a worldwide chronic disease that affects sheep and goats, whose etiological agent is Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Despite all the economic losses caused by CLA, there is not much information about molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of this bacterium, and immune prophylaxis against the infection is not able to reduce the incidence of illness. Read more. . . . . .

Key words:  Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, Vaccine, Caseous lymphadenitis, Goat, Sheep, Sheep, Vaccine

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