Vaccination with FimA from Streptococcus parasanguis protects rats from endocarditis caused by other viridans Streptococci

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 422-425

  Kitten, T ^a   Munro, C L ^a   Wang, A ^a   Macrina, F L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; RECOMBINANT FIMA; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENDOCARDITIS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS REACTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STREPTOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 0036138304     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.1.422-425.2002     Document Type: Article

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