Natural development of antibodies to pneumococcal surface protein A, pneumococcal surface adhesin A, and pneumolysin in relation to pneumococcal carriage and acute otitis media

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1146-1152

  Rapola, Satu ^a   Jantti, Virva ^a   Haikala, Raili ^a   Syrjanen, Ritva ^a   Carlone, George M ^b   Sampson, Jacquelyn S ^b   Briles, David E ^c   Paton, James C ^d   Takala, Aino K ^a   Kilpi, Terhi M ^a   Kayhty, Helena ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE ADHESIN A; PNEUMOCOCCUS SURFACE PROTEIN A; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOLYSIN; PROTEIN A; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CARRIER STATE; COHORT STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOPROTEINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOLYSINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0033800920     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315822     Document Type: Article

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