Genetic vaccination against Coccidioides immitis: Comparison of vaccine efficacy of recombinant antigen 2 and antigen 2 cDNA

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 630-635

  Jiang, Chengyong ^a   Magee, D Mitchell ^a   Quitugua, Teresa N ^a   Cox, Rebecca A ^a  

^a Texas Center for Infectious Disease   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA VACCINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; FUNGUS VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 4; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; VACCINATION;

COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS;

EID: 0032910766     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.2.630-635.1999     Document Type: Article

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