A History of the Development of Brucella Vaccines

Abstract

Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis affecting animal and human health. In the last several decades, much research has been performed to develop safer Brucella vaccines to control the disease mainly in animals. Till now, no effective human vaccine is available. The aim of this paper is to review and discuss the importance of methodologies used to develop Brucella vaccines in pursuing this challenge.

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Keywords

outer-membrane vesicles, zn superoxide-dismutase, balb/c mice, dna, vaccine, protective immunity, periplasmic proteins, insoluble fraction, confers protection, abortus strain-19, ovis infection, biotechnology & applied microbiology, medicine, research & experimental

Citation

Eric Daniel Avila-Calderón, Ahidé Lopez-Merino, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Stephen M. Boyle, and Araceli Contreras-Rodríguez, "A History of the Development of Brucella Vaccines," BioMed Research International, vol. 2013, Article ID 743509, 8 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/743509