Protection of mice with a tuberculosis subunit vaccine based on a fusion protein of antigen 85B and ESAT-6

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 2773-2778

  Olsen, A W ^a   Van Pinxteren, L A H ^a   Okkels, L M ^a   Rasmussen, P B ^a   Andersen, P ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN 85B; BCG VACCINE; DIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE PHOSPHORYL LIPID A; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHORYL LIPID A; TUBERCULOSIS SUBUNIT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BCG VACCINE; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0035055282     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.2773-2778.2001     Document Type: Article

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