Commensal bacteria as vectors for mucosal vaccines against sexually transmitted diseases: Vaginal colonization with recombinant streptococci induces local and systemic antibodies in mice

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 12-13, 1997, Pages 1330-1337

  Medaglini, Donata ^a   Rush, Catherine M ^a   Sestini, Piersante ^a   Pozzi, Gianni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mucosal vaccines; Recombinant vaccines; Streptococcus gordonii; Vaginal immunization

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIVE VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCUS; VACCINATION; VAGINITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STREPTOCOCCUS; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC; VAGINA;

EID: 0030929465     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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