DNA immunization of newborn mice with a plasmid-expressing nucleoprotein of influenza virus

Viral Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 207-210

  Bot, Adrian ^a   Bot, Simona ^a   Garcia Sastre, Adolfo ^a,b   Bona, Constantin ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLASMID;

EID: 0030476848     PISSN: 08828245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vim.1996.9.207     Document Type: Article

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