Immunization with an acellular vaccine consisting of the outer membrane complex of Chlamydia trachomatis induces protection against a genital challenge

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3361-3369

  Pal, Sukumar ^a   Theodor, Ida ^a   Peterson, Ellena M ^a   De la Maza, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; OCTYL GLUCOSIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFERTILITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030743650     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.8.3361-3369.1997     Document Type: Article

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