Characterization of a neutralizing monoclonal antibody directed at the lipopolysaccharide of Chlamydia pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3848-3855

  Peterson, Ellena M ^a   De La Maza, Luis M ^a   Brade, Lore ^b   Brade, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VACCINE;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031824188     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3848-3855.1998     Document Type: Article

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