Immunization with a portion of rickettsial outer membrane protein A stimulates protective immunity against spotted fever rickettsiosis

Vaccine

Volumn 20, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 979-988

  Crocquet Valdes, P A ^a   Diaz Montero C M ^a   Feng, H M ^a   Li, H ^a   Barrett, A D T ^a   Walker, D H ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

OmpA; Recombinant Mycobacterium vaccae; Rickettsia conorii

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; DNA VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM VACCAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNIZATION, SECONDARY; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MYCOBACTERIUM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; RICKETTSIAL VACCINES; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0035852270     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(01)00377-2     Document Type: Article

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