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Enrichment and Detection of Clostridium perfringens Toxinotypes in Retail Food Samples
Published on: October 18, 2019
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Mapping of the continuous epitopes displayed on the Clostridium perfringens type D epsilon-toxin
Guilherme Guerra Alves1, Ricardo Andrez Machado-de-Ávila2, Carlos Delfin Chávez-Olórtegui3
1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Escola de Veterinária, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Abstract:
The epsilon toxin, produced by Clostridium perfringens, is responsible for enterotoxemia in ruminants and is a potential bioterrorism agent. In the present study, 15 regions of the toxin were recognized by antibodies present in the serum, with different immunodominance scales, and may be antigen determinants that can be used to formulate subunit vaccines.
