Induction of neutralizing antibody in mice by immunization with recombinant 56 kDa protein of Orientia tsutsugamushi

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1741-1747

  Seong, S Y ^a,b   Kim, H R ^a   Huh, M S ^a   Park, S G ^a   Kang, J S ^c   Han, T H ^a,d   Choi, M S ^a   Chang, W H ^a,e   Kim, I S ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^e Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

IFA; Neutralization; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Recombinant antigen; Thymidine uptake

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL INVASION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SCRUB TYPHUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0030752578     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00112-6     Document Type: Article

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