Acquired resistance to Cryptococcus neoformans in adult mice vaccinated as newborns

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1688-1694

  Aguirre, Karen M ^a   Garvy, Beth A ^a   Johnson, Lawrence L ^a  

^a TRUDEAU INSTITUTE   (United States)

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ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030893811     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.5.1688-1694.1997     Document Type: Article

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