Protective Efficacy of Decreasing Antigen Doses of a <i>Chlamydia abortus</i> Subcellular Vaccine Against Ovine Enzootic Abortion in a Pregnant Sheep Challenge Model

Background/Objective: <i>Chlamydia abortus</i>, the cause of ovine enzootic abortion, is a zoonotic bacterial pathogen and one of the most infectious causes of foetal death in sheep worldwide. Although the disease can be controlled using commercial inactivated and live whole-organism vac...

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Published in:	Vaccines
Main Authors:	Morag Livingstone, Kevin Aitchison, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo, Francesco Ciampi, Clare Underwood, Antonia Paladino, Francesca Chianini, Gary Entrican, Sean Ranjan Wattegedera, David Longbottom
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-01-01
Subjects:	<i>Chlamydia abortus</i> ovine enzootic abortion vaccine development vaccine efficacy quantitative real-time PCR serological analysis
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13/1/89