Characterization and protective immunogenicity of SzM of Streptococcus

Characterization and protective immunogenicity of SzM of Streptococcus 1 zooepidemicus NC78 from a clonal outbreak of equine respiratory disease 2 3 Sridhar Velineni, John F. Timoney* 4 Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. 5 6 7 8 Running Title: SzM of Streptococcus zooepidemicus NC78. 9 10 11 12 13 Corresponding author* 14 Prof. John F. Timoney, 15 Keeneland Chair of Infectious Diseases, 16 108, Gluck Equine Research Center, 17 Department of Veterinary Sciences, 18 University of Kentucky, 19 Lexington, KY, USA, 40546-0099. 20 E-mail: jtimoney@uky.edu 21 Phone: (859) 218 1106 22 23 Copyright © 2013, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. Clin. Vaccine Immunol. doi:10.1128/CVI.00069-13 CVI Accepts, published online ahead of print on 5 June 2013

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