Immunization with FimA protects against Streptococcus parasanguis endocarditis in rats

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 994-1002

  Viscount, Helen B ^a,b   Munro, Cindy L ^a   Burnette Curley, Dana ^a   Peterson, Darrell L ^a   Macrina, Francis L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION RISK; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0031019291     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.3.994-1002.1997     Document Type: Article

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