Humoral immunity to commensal oral bacteria in human infants: Salivary secretory immunoglobulin a antibodies reactive with Streptococcus mitis biovar 1, Streptococcus oralis, Streptococcus mutans, and Enterococcus faecalis during the first two years of life

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1878-1886

  Cole, Michael F ^a,c   Bryan, Stacey ^a   Evans, Mishell K ^a   Pearce, Cheryl L ^a   Sheridan, Michael J ^a   Sura, Patricia A ^a   Wientzen, Raoul L ^a   Bowden, George H W ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Med Dent Bldg   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INFANT; MOUTH FLORA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS;

EID: 0033003471     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.67.4.1878-1886.1999     Document Type: Article

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