Immunization with recombinant transferrin binding protein B enhances clearance of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae from the rat lung

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 2138-2144

  Webb, Dianne C ^a,b   Cripps, Allan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032901302     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.5.2138-2144.1999     Document Type: Article

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