Importance of B cells, but not specific antibodies, in primary and secondary protective immunity to the intracellular bacterium Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 6002-6007

  Elkins, Karen L ^a,b   Bosio, Catharine M ^a   Rhinehart Jones, Tonya R ^a  

^a Ctr Biologics Eval Res Food D   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LIVE VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY IMMUNE RESPONSE; SUPERINFECTION;

EID: 0032735463     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.11.6002-6007.1999     Document Type: Article

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