abstract |
A live attenuated vaccine and an inactivated vaccine for protecting cattle from type 1 bovine herpesvirus (BHV-1) are provided. A deletion mutant of type 1 bovine herpesvirus having a deletion in the glycoprotein gE-gene. The mutant strain further has a deletion of the thymidine kinase gene and / or the glycoprotein gI gene and an asymmetric gene insertion. A recombined nucleic acid consisting of a gE-gene or a part thereof. Glycoprotein gE, peptides based on it, complex of glycoproteins gE and gI, and antibodies against them. A vaccine and diagnostic kit consisting of any one of these substances. [Selection figure] None |