A single dose sub-unit vaccine protects against pneumonic plague

Vaccine

Volumn 19, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 566-571

  Williamson, E Diane ^a   Eley, Steven M ^a   Stagg, Anthony J ^a   Green, Michael ^a   Russell, Paul ^a   Titball, Richard W ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunological correlates; Pneumonic plague; Protection; Single dose vaccine; Sub unit vaccine

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG; MICE; PLAGUE; PLAGUE VACCINE; SPLEEN; VACCINES, SUBUNIT; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0034668222     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(00)00159-6     Document Type: Article

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