Immunogenicity of a 48-kilodalton recombinant T-cell-reactive protein of Coccidioides immitis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 424-431

  Kirkland, Theo N ^a,c   Thomas, Pei Wang ^b   Finley, Fred ^a   Cole, Garry T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031950886     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.2.424-431.1998     Document Type: Article

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