Limited local and systemic antibody responses to Neisseria gonorrhoeae during uncomplicated genital infections

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3937-3946

  Hedges, Spencer R ^a   Mayo, Matthew S ^b   Mestecky, Jiri ^a,c   Hook III, Edward W ^c   Russell, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Palliative Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEMORY CELL; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0032769613     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.8.3937-3946.1999     Document Type: Article

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