A preliminary study on immune response to hepatitis E virus DNA vaccine in mice

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 919-921

  Lu, Fengmin ^a   Zhuang, Hui ^a   Zhu, Yonghong ^a   Zhu, Xiaojie ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEROCONVERSION; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VACCINATION; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES;

EID: 0030483553     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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