Immune response to Fusobacterium nucleatum and Prevotella intermedia in patients with infectious mononucleosis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-134

  Brook, I ^a   De Leyva, F ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; PHARYNGITIS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0030004661     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-44-2-131     Document Type: Article

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