Immunogenicity of recombinant Babesia microti hsp70 homologue in mice

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 263-266

  Erol, Erdal ^a   Kumar, N ^b   Carson, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia microti; hsp70; Immunogenicity; Mouse; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BABESIA MICROTI; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SPLEEN CELL; VACCINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BABESIA MICROTI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033023720     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00169-6     Document Type: Article

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