Vaccination of mice with DNA plasmids coding for the Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein elicits an immune response but fails to protect against a genital challenge

Vaccine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 459-465

  Pal, Sukumar ^a   Barnhart, Kerry M ^b   Wei, Qun ^b   Abai, Anna M ^b   Peterson, Ellena M ^a   De La Maza, Luis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VICAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; DNA plasmids; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; DNA VACCINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLASMIDS; PORINS; PREGNANCY; VACCINATION; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0033524649     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(98)00219-9     Document Type: Article

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