Genital tract infection with Chlamydia trachomatis fails to induce protective immunity in gamma interferon receptor-deficient mice despite a strong local immunoglobulin a response

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1032-1044

  Johansson, Martina ^a   Schön, Karin ^a   Ward, Michael ^b   Lycke, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINITIS;

EID: 0031020913     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.3.1032-1044.1997     Document Type: Article

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