Immunogenicity of a 40kDa fragment of the 47kDa recombinant protein and DNA vaccine from Karp strain of Orientia tsutsugamushi

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 527-534

  Niu, Dongsheng ^a   Chen, Weijun ^a   Zhang, Xueying ^a   Chen, Meiling ^a   Cui, Hong ^a   Wei, Wenjin ^a   Wen, Bohai ^a   Chen, Xiangrui ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

O. tsutsugamushi; Recombinant protein and DNA vaccine

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA VACCINE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; CARP; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SCRUB TYPHUS; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; EUKARYOTA; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PROKARYOTA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0037713722     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07423.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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