Evaluation of the proline-rich antigen of Coccidioides immitis as a vaccine candidate in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3519-3522

  Kirkland, Theo N ^a,e   Finley, Fred ^a   Orsborn, Kris I ^b,d   Galgiani, John N ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; FUNGUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0031824598     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.8.3519-3522.1998     Document Type: Article

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