Protective immunity to the group A Streptococcus may be only strain specific

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 299-306

  de Malmanche, Sheree A ^a   Martin, Diana R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERICIDE; M PROTEIN; RABBIT ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPSONIZATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; OPSONINS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RABBITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0028648266     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: 14321831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00196680     Document Type: Article

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