B-cell-deficient mice develop complete immune protection against genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis

Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 422-428

  Johansson, M ^a   Ward, M ^b   Lycke, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030734907     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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