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No practical animal models for the testing of chemotherapeutic or biologic agents identified in cell culture assays as being active against measles virus (MV) are currently available. Cotton rats may serve this purpose. To evaluate this possibility, 5-ethynyl-1-?-d…

The continued prevalence and medical impact of measles worldwide has created interest in the development of new generations of measles vaccines. Monkeys can be used for preclinical testing of these vaccines. However, a more practical and less expensive animal model is highly…

PCR analysis of the genomes of 18 different African swine fever virus (ASFV) isolates showed that the I14L open reading frame (ORF) was present as either a long form or short form in all of the isolates. Sequencing of the ORF from eight isolates confirmed that both forms of…

Quantitative aspects of the endogenous pathway of Ag processing and presentation by MHC class I molecules to CB8(+) CTL were analyzed over a wide range of Ag expression in recombinant vaccinia virus-infected cells expressing beta-galactosidase as model Ag, Only the amount of…

Cross-reactivity between Babesia bovis and B. bigemina becomes a problem in discrimination of the two infections in endemic areas where the two species usually occur in association. With the aim of identifying candidate proteins for use as specific diagnostic tools, culture…

The first part of this study of the biology Cal mechanisms underlying attenuation of virulent Theileria annulata macroschizont-infected cell Lines screened four pairs of T. annulata (Hisar) in vivo- and in vitro-derived macroschizont-infected cell Lines (lines) and…

In multicellular organisms, very little is known about the role of mRNA stability in development, and few proteins involved in degradation pathways have been characterized. We have identified the Drosophila homologue of XRN1, which is the major cytoplasmic 5'-3'…

A clinical trial testing the prophylactic effect of a 5 mg kg(-1) dose of buparvaquone on either Theileria annulata or Theileria parva experimental infections of calves demonstrated its efficacy for periods of at least seven days. The drug given 1 h or seven days before 50%…

We have investigated the role of specific components of the thymic stroma during development of CD4(-)8(-) T cell precursors by separating and reaggregating precursor subsets with individual or combinations of stromal cells. We show that while the development of CD25(+) 44(+…