Efficacy and Immune Correlates of OMP-1B and VirB2-4 Vaccines for Protection of Dogs from Tick Transmission of Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Khemraj Budachetri, Mingqun Lin, Rory C. Chien, Wenqing Zhang, Guy Brock, Yasuko Rikihisa
Abstract
-derived protective antigens against tick-transmission and immune correlates and mechanisms that could help future development of vaccines for immunization of humans and animals to counter tick-transmitted ehrlichiosis.
Topics & Concepts
Ehrlichia chaffeensisAmblyomma americanumVirologyBiologyEhrlichiaTickMicrobiologyImmunologyIxodidaeVector-borne infectious diseasesViral Infections and VectorsVector-Borne Animal Diseases