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Age-dependent immune responses and immune protection after avian coronavirus vaccination

Abstract

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) is an endemic disease of chickens and a major contributor to economic losses for the poultry industry despite vaccination. Recent observations indicated that chicks may have an immature immune system immediately after hatching when vaccinated for IBV. Therefore we hypothesized that early IBV vaccination will generate an immature, poorly protective IBV-specific immune response contributing to immune escape and …

Authors

van Ginkel FW; Padgett J; Martinez-Romero G; Miller MS; Joiner KS; Gulley SL

Journal

Vaccine, Vol. 33, No. 23, pp. 2655–2661

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

May 2015

DOI

10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.04.026

ISSN

0264-410X