Immune responses to the R4 protein antigen of group B streptococci and its relationships to other streptococcal R4 proteins

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-325

  Fasola, Elizabeth L ^a   Flores, Aurea E ^a   Ferrieri, Patricia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0030014632     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.3.321-325.1996     Document Type: Article

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