Specificity and functional activity of anti-Burkholderia pseudomallei polysaccharide antibodies

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3648-3653

  Ho, May ^a,f   Schollaardt, Tineke ^a   Smith, Michael D ^b,c,g   Perry, Malcolm B ^d   Brett, Paul J ^a   Chaowagul, Wipada ^e   Bryan, Larry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e Sappasitthiprasong Hospital   (Thailand)

^f Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

^g MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELL KILLING; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MELIOIDOSIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; THAILAND;

EID: 0030882908     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3648-3653.1997     Document Type: Article

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