Prevalence of, antibody response to, and immunity induced by Haemophilus ducreyi hemolysin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 3317-3328

  Dutro, Susan M ^a   Wood, Gwendolyn E ^a   Totten, Patricia A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULCUS MOLLE;

HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0033005674     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3317-3328.1999     Document Type: Article

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