Dynamics of the murine humoral immune response to Neisseria meningitidis group B capsular polysaccharide

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 505-513

  Colino, Jesús ^a   Outschoorn, Ingrid ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; MENINGITIS; MOUSE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031883303     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.505-513.1998     Document Type: Article

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