Immunization against the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in a murine model

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3014-3018

  Sun, Wei ^a   Ijdo, Jacob W ^a   Telford III, Sam R ^b   Hodzic, Emir ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Barthold, Stephen W ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Ehrlichia; Intracellular pathogen; Ticks; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031436967     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119855     Document Type: Article

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