A sub-unit vaccine elicits IgG in serum, spleen cell cultures and bronchial washings and protects immunized animals against pneumonic plague

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1079-1084

  Williamson, E Diane ^a   Eley, Steven M ^a   Stagg, Anthony J ^a   Green, Michael ^a   Russell, Paul ^a   Titball, Richard W ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunological correlates; Pneumonic plague; Protection; Sub unit vaccine

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN F1; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN V; BACTERIAL VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; KWC VACCINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SUBUNIT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YERSINIA VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LD 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; VACCINATION; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; PLAGUE; PLAGUE VACCINE; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; SPLEEN; VACCINES, INACTIVATED; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0030740115     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(96)00303-9     Document Type: Article

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