Characterization of periplasmic protein BP26 epitopes of Brucella melitensis reacting with murine monoclonal and sheep antibodies.

More than 35,000 new cases of human brucellosis were reported in 2010 by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. An attenuated B. melitensis vaccine M5-90 is currently used for vaccination of sheep and goats in China. In the study, a periplasmic protein BP26 from M5-90 was characteriz...

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Main Authors: Jinlang Qiu, Wenjing Wang, Jingbo Wu, Hui Zhang, Yuanzhi Wang, Jun Qiao, Chuangfu Chen, Goege F Gao, Jean-Pierre Allain, Chengyao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3311636?pdf=render