Novel self-sampling culture method to monitor excretion of live, oral Shigella flexneri 2a vaccine SC602 during a community-based phase 1 trial

Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-146

  Teska, J D ^a   Coster, T ^b   Byrne, W R ^b   Colbert, J R ^b   Taylor, D ^b   Venkatesan, M ^b   Hale, T L ^b  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CIPROFLOXACIN; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VACCINATION;

EID: 0033179769     PISSN: 00222143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2143(99)90118-X     Document Type: Article

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