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Clinical Pharmacology of Mycophenolic Acid as Immunosuppressant in Organ Transplaantation

  • Kang, Ju-Seop;Lee, Joo-Won;Jhee, Ok-Hwa;Om, Ae-Son;Lee, Min-Ho;Shaw, Leslie M.
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • 제13권2호
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    • pp.65-77
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    • 2005
  • Present article reviews about clinical pharmacology of mycophenolic acid (MPA), the active form of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), as widely used component of immunosuppressive regimens in the organ transplantation field. MMF, used alone or concomitantly with cyclosporine or tacrolimus, has approved in reducing the incidence of acute rejection and has gained widespread use in solid organ such as kidney, heart and liver transplantation. The application of MPA and development of MMF has shown a considerable impact on immunosuppressive therapy for organ transplantation as a new immunosuppressive agent with different mechanism of action from other drugs after early 1990s. In particular aspect, use of MMF, a morpholinoethyl ester of MPA, represented a significant advance in the prevention of organ allograft rejection as well as allograft and patient survival. In considering MMF clinical data, it is important to note that there is a strong correlation between high MPA area under curve(AUC) values and a low probability of acute allograft rejection. Individual trials have shown that MMF is generally well tolerated and revealed that MMF decreased the relative risk of developing chronic allograft rejection compared with azathioprine. Recent clinical investigations suggested that improved effectiveness and tolerability will results from the incorporation of MPA therapeutic drug monitoring into routine clinical practice, providing effective MMF dose individualization in renal and heart transplant patients. Therefore, MMF has a selective immunosuppressive effect with minimal toxicity and has shown to be more effective that other agents as next step of immunosuppressive agents and regimens that deliver effective graft protection and immunosuppression along with a more favorable side effect.

Gamma Knife Surgery for the Pineal Region Tumors

  • Cho, Sung-Yun;Park, Chul-Kee;Chung, Hyun-Tai;Paek, Sun-Ha;Kim, Dong-Gyu
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • 제40권5호
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    • pp.342-345
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    • 2006
  • Objective : Gamma Knife Surgery[GKS] for the management of pineal region tumors is challengeable strategy as direct access to this area is not easy. The experiences of pineal region tumor patients treated with GKS were analyzed to evaluate the effectiveness. Methods : Seven patients with tumors in the pineal region were treated with GKS between September 1998 and May 2005. The histological diagnosis were pineal parenchymal tumor [2 patients], low-grade astrocytoma [2 patients], immature teratoma [1 patient], and choriocarninoma [1 patient]. One patient was diagnosed as metastatic brain tumor based on histological diagnosis for primary site and brain imaging study. The median marginal dose was 15Gy [range; $11{\sim}20$] at the 50% isodose line. The median target volume was $2.5cm^3$ [range; $0.8{\sim}12.5$]. The median clinical follow up period was 29 months [range; $13{\sim}93$] and the median radiological follow up period was 18 months [range; $6{\sim}73$]. Results : Tumor volume measured in follow-up images showed reduction in six patients, disappearance in one. No adverse effect due to GKS was found during the follow-up period. The performance status was preserved in all patients except one who died due to progression of primary cancer in spite of controlled metastatic brain lesion. Conclusion : Gamma Knife Surgery can be applied to pineal region tumors irrespective of their histology whenever surgery is not indicated.

일반의약품 약국 외 판매 이후의 일반의약품 정책에 대한 소비자의 인식 변화 (Changes in Perception of Consumers for Non-prescription Drug Policy since Sales Begins at the Outside of Pharmacy)

  • 김은희;방준석
    • 한국임상약학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.183-192
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: This study was aimed to identify the status of utilization of healthcare services and self-care behaviors, knowledge level and influencing choice factors of non-prescription drugs (OTCs) on consumers since sales of OTCs at the outside of pharmacy in Korea, and to confirm the changes in perception of consumers for OTCs policy through check of perception level for current OTCs policy. Methods: Data was collected from April 2014 to May 2014 from questionnaires by 418 adults who are in university located in Seoul or live in Seoul Metropolitan area but not health science major and healthcare providers. Results: The female gender was 56.6% and University students were 73.9%. The ratio by age was as follows: below 25 (60.9%), 26-30 (18.2%), 30-40s (14.9%) and 50-60s (6.0%). The knowledge level of OTCs for use of medicine, dose and side effects was generally low and especially they knew little how to deal with side effects after taking OTCs on sale at the outside of pharmacy, even though over one year has passed since the policy. The proportion of those who thought the current OTCs policy has problems regarding safety issues since the policy was very high and it was also high that the study group thought there are problems with the current way to sale OTCs and educate employees. Conclusion: After selling OTCs at the outside of pharmacy, the consumers still lacked knowledge of OTCs and did not get correct information properly. Especially, they had little information about the way to deal with side effects after taking OTCs. Public policy should be based on the health of the people and the public health is a national health priority. When all these things are taken into consideration, the government has to strengthen the OTCs policy and provide a safer environment with the accurate drug information for people than developing OTCs policy in the future.

치과위생사의 이동형 구내방사선 촬영에 관한 방사선 방어 교육, 지식, 수행에 관한 연구 (A study on radiation safety education, knowledge, and practice in using portable intraoral X-ray equipment of dental hygienist's)

  • 유정민;강보선;김설희
    • 한국치위생학회지
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    • 제17권6호
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    • pp.1053-1065
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    • 2017
  • Objectives: The purpose of this study is to evaluate radiation safety education, knowledge and practice of dental hygienists in using handheld portable intraoral X-ray equipment and to suggest the need for radiation safety education in using handheld portable intraoral X-ray equipment. Methods: We surveyed 223 dental hygienists from July, 2017 to August in the dental clinics of Daejeon, Seoul and Gyeonggi area. Results: Radiation safety educational experience was higher in a year's career (72.9%), than 3 years experience (32.5%) (p<0.05). 82.7% of dental clinic workers took university education for radiation safety education while 55.6% of dental hospital workers took company training (p<0.05). More than 70% of the subjects did not have experience of radiation safety education about using portable intraoral X-ray. Radiation safety knowledge was highest in a year's career (p<0.05). The cumulative dose, radiation sensitivity, and lead defense knowledge were high in all subjects, but knowledge related to scattering radiation and scattering radiation sources was low. Practice of portable intraoral X-ray safety was significantly lower than knowledge. Conclusions: Knowledge of portable intraoral radiography safety is available, but performance is poor. Even with the small amount of radiation exposure, the risk is perceivable. There is a need to actively utilize the provided radiation protection products. In order to do this, efforts should be made to improve knowledge and performance of radiation safety through not only college education but also postemployment training.

Radiation Exposure Reduction in APR1400

  • Bae, C.J.;Hwang, H.R.;Matteson, D.M.
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.127-135
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    • 2003
  • The primary contributors to the total occupational radiation exposure in operating nuclear power plants are operation and maintenance activities doting refueling outages. The Advanced Power Reactor 1400 (APR1400) includes a number of design improvements and plans to utilize advanced maintenance methods and robotics to minimize the annual collective dose. The major radiation exposure reduction features implemented in APR1400 are a permanent refueling pool seal, quick opening transfer tube blind flange, improved hydrogen peroxide injection at shutdown, improved permanent steam generator work platforms, and more effective temporary shielding. The estimated average annual occupational radiation exposure for APR1400 based on the reference plant experience and an engineering judgment is determined to be in the order of 0.4 man-Sv, which is well within the design goal of 1 man-Sv. The basis of this average annual occupational radiation exposure estimation is an eighteen (18) month fuel cycle with maintenance performed to steam generators and reactor coolant pumps during refueling outage. The outage duration is assumed to be 28 days. The outage work is to be performed on a 24 hour per day basis, seven (7) days a week with overlapping twelve (12) hour work shifts. The occupational radiation exposure for APR1400 is also determined by an alternate method which consists of estimating radiation exposures expected for the major activities during the refueling outage. The major outage activities that cause the majority of the total radiation exposure during refueling outage such as fuel handling, reactor coolant pump maintenance, steam generator inspection and maintenance, reactor vessel head area maintenance, decontamination, and ICI & instrumentation maintenance activities are evaluated at a task level. The calculated value using this method is in close agreement with the value of 0.4 man-Sv, that has been determined based on the experience aid engineering judgement. Therefore, with the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) advanced design features incorporated in the design, APR1400 design is to meet its design goal with sufficient margin, that is, more than a factor of two (2), if operated on art eighteen (18) month fuel cycle.

Graded 다층박막거울을 이용한 단색 엑스선 획득 (Acquisition of Monochromatic X-ray using Graded Multilayer Mirror)

  • 유철우;최병정;손현화;권영만;김병욱;김영주;천권수
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제9권4호
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    • pp.205-211
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    • 2015
  • 최근 의료영상기술에서 유방암 엑스선 진단기술의 주요 이슈는 정확한 조기암 진단과 환자의 피폭선량의 감소에 있다. 엑스선 영상대비도를 높이고 피폭선량을 줄이는 기술 중 하나로써 다층박막거울을 이용한 단색 엑스선을 획득하는 연구가 선행되어 왔다. 그러나 기존의 Uniform 다층박막거울은 거울면의 일부 반사영역에서만 원하는 파장대역의 단색 엑스선을 얻을 수 있어서 엑스선 영상기술 응용에 한계가 있다. 본 연구에서는 다층박막거울의 전 영역에 걸쳐 동일한 단색엑스선을 얻기 위해 거울에 입사하는 백색 엑스선의 입사각에 상응하는 선형적 기울기의 박막두께를 갖는 Graded 다층박막거울을 설계하였고, 기존 이온빔 스퍼터링 장치에 마스크 제어 장치를 추가 제작하여 $100{\times}100mm^2$ 크기로 제작하였다. 제작된 Graded 다층박막거울은 17.5keV의 단색 엑스선을 획득할 수 있도록 설계하였으며 박막두께주기는 2.88nm~4.62nm(Center 3.87nm)이다. 엑스선 반사율은 60% 이상이며, 단색 엑스선의 FWHM은 1.4keV 이하이고 엑스선 빔 폭은 3mm정도이다. 유방촬영에 적합한 몰리브덴 특성엑스선에 해당하는 17.5keV의 단색 엑스선을 얻음으로써 저선량 고감도 유방암 진단장치 개발에 응용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

견관절부 외상후 발생된 Shoulder-Hand Syndrome (A Case of the Shoulder-Hand Syndrome Caused by a Crush Injury of the Shoulder)

  • 전재수;이성근;송후빈;김선종;박욱;김성열
    • The Korean Journal of Pain
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.155-166
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    • 1989
  • Bonica defined, that reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) may develop pain, vasomotor abnoramalities, delayed functional recovery, and dystrophic changes on an affected area without major neurologic injury following trauma, surgery or one of several diseased states. This 45 year old male patient had been crushed on his left shoulder by a heavily laden rear car, during his job street cleaning about 10 years ago (1978). At first the pain was localizea only to the site of injury, but with time, it spreaded from the shoulder to the elbow and hand, with swelling. X-ray studies in the local clinic, showed no bone abnormalities of the affected site. During about 10 years following the injury, the had recieved several types of treatments such as nonsteroidal analgesics, steroid injections into the glenoidal cavity (10 times), physical therapy, some oriental herb medicines, and acupuncture over a period of 1~3 months annually. His shoulder pain and it's joint dysfunction persisted with recurrent paroxysmal aggrevation because of being mismanaged or neglected for a sufficiently long period these fore permiting progression of the sympathetic imbalance. On July 14 1988 when he visited our clinic. He complained of burning, aching and had a hyperpathic response or hyperesthesia in touch from the shoulder girdle to the elbow and the hand. Also the skin of the affected area was pale, cold, and there was much sweating of the axilla and palm, but no edema. The shoulder girdle was unable to move due to joint pain with marked weakness. We confirmed skin temperatures $5^{\circ}C$ lower than those of the unaffected axilla, elbow and palm of his hand, and his nails were slightly ridged with lateral arching and some were brittle. On X-ray findings of both the shoulder AP & lateral view, the left humerus and joint area showed diffuse post-traumatic osteoporosis and fibrous ankylozing with an osteoarthritis-like appearance. For evaluating the RSD and it's relief of pain, the left cervical sympathetic ganglion was blocked by injecting 0.5% bupivacaine 5 ml with normal saline 5 ml (=SGB). After 15 minutes following the SGB, the clinical efficacy of the block by the patients subjective score of pain intensity (=PSSPI), showed a 50% reduction of his shoulder and arm pain, which was burning in quality, and a hyperpathic response against palpation by the examiner. The skin temperatures of the axilla and palm rose to $4{\sim}5^{\circ}C$ more than those before the SGB. He felt that his left face and upper extremity became warmer than before the SGB, and that he had reduced sweating on his axilla and his palm. Horner's sign was also observed on his face and eyes. But his deep shoulder joint pain was not improved. For the control of the remaining shoulder joint pain, after 45 minutes following the SGB, a somatic sensory block was performed by injecting 0.5% bupivacaine 6 ml mixed with salmon calcitonin, $Tridol^{(R)}$, $Polydyn^{(R)}$ and triamcinolone into the fossa of the acromioclavicular joint region. The clinical effect of the somatic block showed an 80% releif of the deep joint pain by the PSSPI of the joint motion. Both blocks, as the above mentioned, were repeated a total of 28 times respectively, during 6 months, except the steroid was used just 3 times from the start. For maintaining the relieved pain level whilst using both blocks, we prescribed a low dose of clonazepam, prazocin, $Etravil^{(R)}$, codeine, etodolac micronized and antacids over 6 months. The result of the treatments were as follows; 1) The burning, aching and hyperpathic condition which accompanied with vaosmotor and pseudomotor dysfunction, disappeared gradually to almost nothing, within 3 weeks from the starting of the blocks every other day. 2) The joint disability of the affected area was improved little by little within 6 months. 3) The post-traumatic osteoporosis, fibrous ankylosis and marginal sclerosis with a narrowed joint, showed not much improvement on the X-ray findings (on April 25, 1989) 10 months later in the follow-up. 4) Now he has returned to his job as a street cleaner.

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게르마늄 Prearmophization 이온주입을 이용한 티타늄 salicide 접합부 특성 개선 (Effects of the Ge Prearmophization Ion Implantation on Titanium Salicide Junctions)

  • 김삼동;이성대;이진구;황인석;박대규
    • 한국재료학회지
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    • 제10권12호
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    • pp.812-818
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    • 2000
  • 본 연구에서는 Ge PAM이 선폭 미세화에 따른 C54 실리사이드화 및 실제 CMOS 트랜지스터 접합부에서의 각종 전기적 특성에 미치는 영향을, As PAM과의 비교를 통하여 관찰하였다. 평판 상에서 각 PAM 및 기판의 도핑 상태에 따른 Rs의 변화량을 측정하였으며, 각 PAM 방식은 기존의 살리사이드 TiSi$_2$에 비해 개선된 C54 형성 효과를 보였다. 특히, Ge PAM은 n+ 기판에서 As PAM보다 효과적인 실리사이드화를 보였고, 이 경우 XRB 상에서도 가장 강한 (040) C54 배향성을 나타내었다. ~0.25$\mu\textrm{m}$ 선폭 및 n+ 접합층에서 기존 방식에 비해 As과 Ge PAM은 각각 ~85,66%의 개선된 바저항을 보였으며, P+ 접합층에서는 As과 Ge PAM 모두 62~63% 정도의 유사한 Rs 개선 효과를 보였다. 콘택 저항에서도 각 콘택 크기 별로 바저항(bar resistance) 개선과 같은 경향의 PAM 효과를 관찰하였으며, 모든 경우 10 $\Omega$/ct. 이하로 양호한 결과를 보였다. 누설 전류는 area 형 패턴에서는 모든 공정 조건에서 <10E-14A/$\mu\textrm{m}^{2}$ 이하로, edge 형에서는 특히 P+ 접합부에서 As 또는 Ge PAM 적용 시 <10E-13 A/$\mu\textrm{m}^{2}$ 이하로 다소 누설 전류를 안정화시키는 결과를 보였다. 이러한 결과는 XTEM에 의해 관찰된 바 Ge PAM 적용 시 기존의 경우에 (PAM 적용 안한 경우) 비해 유사한 평활도의 TiSi$_2$박막 형상과 일치하였으며, 또한 본 실험의 Ge PAM 이온주입 조건이 접합층에 손상을 주지 않는 범위에서 적정화되었음을 제시하였다

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서브마이크론 입자 형태 커큐민의 생체 흡수율 및 제품 조성에 따른 흡수율 동등성 연구 (Oral Bioavailability for Sub-micron Particle Curcumin (TheracurminCR-033P) and Absorption Rate by Product Composition in Healthy Human Volunteers)

  • 박희정
    • 산업식품공학
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    • 제21권3호
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    • pp.273-279
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    • 2017
  • 커큐민 분말은 항산화 및 항염증 등의 생리활성을 내세우며, 건강기능식품 및 일반식품의 마케팅 포인트로 광범위하게 사용되고 있다. 커큐민의 낮은 체내 흡수율은 생리적 기능성에도 영향을 미칠것으로 사료되어 리포좀 형태나 인지질 결합 형태로 커큐민의 제형 개발이 활발이 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 커큐민의 체내 흡수율을 높이고, 실제 산업에의 활용도를 높이기 위해 커큐민을 서브마이크론 입자 형태의 제형으로 개발하여, 일반 커큐민 형태와의 흡수율을 비교해보고자 하였다. 본 연구 결과, 일반 커큐민 보다 서브마이크론 입자 형태 커큐민의 체내 흡수율이 남녀 평균 28배 더 높게 나타났다. 서브마이크론 입자 형태 커큐민의 체내 흡수율은 성별에 따라 다르게 나타났으며, 남성의 경우는 22배, 여성의 경우는 35배 흡수율이 높게 나타났다. 편의성을 증진시킨 농축제제와 기존 제제의 흡수율은 $C_{max}$ 값이 각각 166.0과 177.7로 통계적 유의성이 나타나지 않았다. 단회 투여 후 8시간 동안의 AUC 값 역시 약 952와 약 849로 나타나 제제의 동등성에서 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 결론적으로, 본 연구를 통해 일반 커큐민 보다 서브마이크론 입자 형태 커큐민의 체내 흡수율이 남녀 평균 약 28배 증진되는 것으로 확인되었으며, 편의성을 증진시킨 농축제제와 일반 제제의 흡수율이 거의 동일하게 나타났다.

충남지역 도축돈의 폐병변으로 부터 분리한 Actinob acillus pleuropneumoniae의 생물학적 및 면역학적 특성 (Studies on biochemical and immunological properties of Aetinobacillus pleuropneumoniae Isolated from the slaughter pigs with respiratory lesions in chungnam province)

  • 이종훈;안신욱;정영재;장경수;전무형
    • 한국동물위생학회지
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    • 제20권1호
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    • pp.103-125
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    • 1997
  • An epidemiologic study on pleuropneumonia in the slaughter pigs(Chonan and Asan area, Chungnam province, Korea) during the period of January 1994 through December 1995 was conducted. Isolation of A pleuropneumoniae was attempted in 425 pigs with pneumonic lesions. Biochemical properties, antimicrobial susceptibility, serotypes and pathogenicity of isolated A pleuropneumoniae were investigated. In addition, outer membrane protein(OMP) of the Isolates were extracted to determine its properties and immunogenicity in both mice and piglets The results obtained through this study were summarized as followed ; 1. Of 3, 395 slaughter pigs, pleuropneumonia was observed in 425 pigs(10.6%). A pleuropneumoniae was isolated from 22 pigs(5.2%) out of 425 pigs with pneumonic lesions. The biochemical properties of all isolates were same as those of reference A pleuropneumoniae strain. Among 22 isolates, 9, 1 and 12 isolates were serovar 2, 3 and 5, respectively. 2. The results of antimicrobial susceptibility test revealed that the isolates showed high susceptibility to ciprofloxacin and cephalothin, moderate susceptibility to amikacin, gentamicin, kanamycin and streptomycin, and low susceptibility to erythromycin, tylosin and sulfadimethoxin. 3. The isolates were varied in pathogenicity to mice. Median lethal dose of LE9402(serovar 2) and LE9511(serovar 5) were $9.2{\times}10^7$ CFU and $2.8{\times}10^7$%CFU, respectively. Specific pneumonic lesions were observed from the infected mice with clinical signs. Bacteria recovery rate was high in the lung, but low In heart blood and tracheas. 4. Serovar 2 was found to be more pathogenic than serovar 5 in guinea pig. Mortality on guinea pigs inoculated with serovar 2($5.4{\times}10^8-5.4{\times}10^6$CFU) and serovar 5($2.8{\times}10^8-2.8{\times}10^6$ CFU) was 20~40% and 40~80%, respectively. A severe hemorrhagic lesions and focal pneumonic lesions were observed from dead guinea pigs. Bacteria recovery rate was relatively higher in the lung than that of other organs. 5. In the SDS-PAGE analysis, OMP-enriched fractions of both isolates and reference strains contain common peptide bands equivalent to molecular weight of 17, 27, 42, 52 and 95Kd. In addition to common peptide bands, the bands which are specific to each isolate were also observed. The profiles of Sephadex G25 fractions showed 3 major peaks. The common peptide bands which were observed by SDS-PAGE of the crude OMPs were found in the peaks 1 and 2. 6. The OMPs extracted from serovar 2(LE9402) and serovar 5(LE9511) provided high level of protection in mice(70~80%) and pigs(100%). All animals inoculated with OMPs were seroconverted, showing micro-agglutination titer of 640 to 1280.

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