The 1B vaccine strain of Chlamydia abortus produces placental pathology indistinguishable from a wild type infection.

The 1B vaccine strain of Chlamydia abortus produces placental pathology indistinguishable from a wild type infection.

Chlamydia abortus is one of the most commonly diagnosed causes of infectious abortion in small ruminants worldwide. Control of the disease (Enzootic Abortion of Ewes or EAE) is achieved using the commercial live, attenuated C. abortus 1B vaccine strain, which can be distinguished from virulent wild-...

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Main Authors: Sergio Gaston Caspe, Morag Livingstone, David Frew, Kevin Aitchison, Sean Ranjan Wattegedera, Gary Entrican, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo, Tom Nathan McNeilly, Elspeth Milne, Neil Donald Sargison, Francesca Chianini, David Longbottom
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242526

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242526

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