The immune response to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in zinc-depleted mice

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-80

  Strand, T A ^a   Aaberge, I S ^b   Maage, A ^c   Ulvestad, E ^a   Sommerfelt, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; POLYSACCHARIDE VACCINE; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BONE LEVEL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; ZINC;

EID: 0038685138     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2003.01283.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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