Brucellosis 2003 proceedings - PHIDIAS

Scientific Program - Tuesday, September 16
PO9- VirB2 IS REQUIRED FOR THE FUNCTION OF THE Brucella abortus TYPE IV SECRETION
SYSTEM.
Andreas B. den Hartigh, Hortensia G. Rolán and Renée M. Tsolis. Texas A&M University System Health Science Center,
Departement of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, College Station, TX, USA.
13:00 - 15:00 - Lunch and Poster Viewing (Part II)
15:00 - 16:15 (Science Building Auditorium)
SESSION V – VACCINES (KEYNOTE LECTURES)
Chairman: J. M. Blasco. Servicio de Investigaciones Agrarias, DGA, Zaragoza (Spain)
• Classical and new generation vaccines against brucellosis in ungulates.
Phil Elzer. Veterinary Science and Veterinary Immunology, LSU Department of Veterinary
Science, Baton Rouge, LA (USA)
• Alternative brucellosis vaccines: experiences with drug delivery systems.
Carlos Gamazo. Department of Microbiology, University of Navarra, Pamplona (Spain)
16:15 - 16:45 - Coffee break and Poster Viewing (Part II)
16:45 - 18:30 (Science Building Auditorium)
SESSION V – VACCINES
SHORT ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Chairman: J. M. Blasco. Servicio de Investigaciones Agrarias, DGA, Zaragoza (Spain)
VO1- CALFHOOD RB51 VACCINATION FAILS TO PROTECT BISON AGAINST VIRULENT
CHALLENGE.
D. S. Davis 1 and P. H. Elzer 2 . (1) Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A & M University, College
Station, TX 77843, USA. (2) Department of Veterinary Science, LSU Ag Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803. USA.
VO2- INDUCTION OF IMMUNE RESPONSE IN GOATS WITH A EXPERIMENTAL DNA VACCINE
ENCODING Omp31 OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN OF Brucella melitensis 16M.
V. K. Gupta, P.K. Rout, T. Chandrasekhar and V. S. Vihan. Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, PO. Farah,
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh 281 122, India.
VO3- IMMUNE RESPONSE IN CALVES VACCINATED WITH DNA VECTOR ENCODING Cu/Zn
SOD PROTEIN OF Brucella abortus.
A. Oñate 1 , I. Guzmán 1 , A. González 1 , S. Céspedes 1 , C. Muñoz 1 , R. Rivers 1 , H. Folch 2 , and E. Andrews 1 . (1) Laboratorio de
Inmunología Molecular, Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad de Concepción.
Concepción, Chile. (2) Instituto de Inmunología. Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile.
VO4- EVALUATION OF Brucella abortus S19 VACCINE STRAINS USED IN INDIA BY
BACTERIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR TESTS AND VIRULENCE STUDIES IN BALB/c MICE.
Falguni Mukherjee 1 , Jainendra Jain 1 , María Jesús Grilló 2 , José María Blasco 2 , Mrinalini Nair 3 . (1) Research and Development,
National Dairy Development Board, Anand 388 001, Gujarat, India. (2) Unidad de Sanidad Animal, Servicio de Investigación
Agroalimentaria, Gobierno de Aragón, Apartado 727, Zaragoza, Spain. (3) Biotechnology Program, Department of Microbiology
and Biotechnology Centre, MS University, Baroda 390 002, Gujarat, India.
VO5- COMPARISON OF SUBCUTANEOUS VERSUS INTRANASAL IMMUNIZATION OF MICE
WITH Brucella SUBCELLULAR VACCINES.
A. Bhattacharjee 1 , M. Izadjoo 2 , W. Zollinger 1 , and David L. Hoover 1 . (1) Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, USA. (2)
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA.
VO6- PASSIVE TRANSFER OF PROTECTION AGAINST Brucella melitensis 16M INFECTION IN
A MURINE MODEL.
Mina J. Izadjoo 1 , Richard H. Borschall 2 , Apurba K. Bhattacharjee 2 , Mikeljon P. Nikolich 2 , Ted L. Hadfield 1 , and David L. Hoover 2 .
(1) Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C., USA. (2) Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Forest Glen,
Maryland, USA.
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