Iowa Agri-News, January 17, 2013, Vol. 13, no.2

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Iowa Agri-News, January 31, 2013, Vol. 13, no.3

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Iowa Agri-News, February 7, 2013, Vol. 13, no.4

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Iowa Agri-News, February 25, 2013, Vol. 13, no.5

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture.

Iowa Agri-News, February 28, 2013, Vol. 13, no.6

Crop and livestock summaries for the state of Iowa, produced by the Iowa Department of Agriculture. Previously Agri-News

Iowa Crop and Weather Report, February 4, 2013, Vol.13, no.2

Report produced by the The Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Climatology Bureau. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October.

Iowa Crop and Weather Report, February 25, 2013, Vol.13, no.3

Report produced by the The Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Climatology Bureau. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October.

Heterologous prime-boost regimen adenovector 35-circumsporozoite protein vaccine/recombinant Bacillus Calmette-Guérin expressing the Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite induces enhanced long-term memory immunity in BALB/c mice.

BACKGROUND: Sustained antibody levels are a hallmark of immunity against many pathogens, and induction of long-term durable antibody titers is an essential feature of effective vaccines. Heterologous prime-boost approaches with vectors are optimal strategies to improve a broad and prolonged immunogenicity of malaria vaccines. RESULTS: In this study, we demonstrate that the heterologous prime-boost regimen Ad35-CS/BCG-CS induces stronger immune responses by enhancing type 1 cellular producing-cells with high levels of CSp-specific IFN-γ and cytophilic IgG2a antibodies as compared to a homologous BCG-CS and a heterologous BCG-CS/CSp prime-boost regimen. Moreover, the heterologous prime-boost regimen elicits the highest level of LLPC-mediated immune responses. CONCLUSION: The increased IFN-γ-producing cell responses induced by the combination of Ad35-CS/BCG-CS and sustained type 1 antibody profile together with high levels of LLPCs may be essential for the development of long-term protective immunity against liver-stage parasites.