Protection of mice against fatal pneumococcal challenge by immunization with pneumococcal surface adhesin A (PsaA)

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-22

  Talkington, Deborah F ^a,b   Brown, Bobby G ^b   Tharpe, Jean A ^a   Koenig, Amie ^a   Russell, Harold ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Streptococcus pneumoniae; Surface protein; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; COPOLYMER; FREUND ADJUVANT; PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE ADHESIN A; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FORMULATION; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PNEUMOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030200554     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0038     Document Type: Article

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