Correlation of immunity in experimental syphilis with serum-mediated aggregation of Treponema pallidum rare outer membrane proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3631-3636

  Lewinski, Michael A ^b   Miller, James N ^a   Lovett, Michael A ^a   Blanco, David R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; RABBIT; REINFECTION; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0032968368     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3631-3636.1999     Document Type: Article

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