Identification of Cowdria ruminantium proteins that induce specific cellular immune responses
Cowdria ruminantium (Cowdria) is an obligate intracellular pathogen that causes heartwater in ruminants. Cellular immunity and the type I cytokine IFN-γ have been implicated in protective immunity to heartwater. The aim of this thesis was to identify proteins of the Welgevonden isolate of Cowdria th...
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Rhodes University
2002
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004373 |