Selection of Opa+ Neisseria gonorrhoeae by limited availability of normal human serum

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 645-650

  Bos, M P ^a   Hogan, D ^a   Belland, R J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; SERUM FACTOR;

EID: 0031038123     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.645-650.1997     Document Type: Article

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