Analysis of serum cross-reactivity and cross-protection elicited by immunization with DNA vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae expressing PspA fragments from different clades

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 5086-5090

  Miyaji, Eliane N ^a   Ferreira, Daniela M ^a   Lopes, Alexandre P Y ^a   Brandileone, M Cristina C ^a   Dias, Waldely O ^a   Leite, Luciana C C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN A; PSPA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINES, DNA;

EID: 0036718276     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5086-5090.2002     Document Type: Article

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