Immunogenicity and efficacy of a DNA vaccine in aged mice

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages

  Klinman, Dennis M ^a,d   Conover, Jacqueline ^a   Bloom, Eda T ^b   Weiss, Walter ^c  

^a Building 29A   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Naval Medical Research Institute   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 4;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM YOELII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROZOITE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM YOELII;

EID: 0031903279     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.4.B281     Document Type: Article

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