Leptospiral outer membrane proteins OmpL1 and LipL41 exhibit synergistic immunoprotection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 6572-6582

  Haake, David A ^a,c,d   Mazel, Mary K ^c   Mccoy, Adam M ^b,c   Milward, Frank ^e   Chao, Garlo ^c   Matsunaga, James ^c   Wagar, Elizabeth A ^d  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Section of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNIZATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MESOCRICETUS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032702291     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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