Transcutaneous Immunization with Combined Cholera Toxin and CpG Adjuvant Protects against Chlamydia muridarum Genital Tract Infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1019-1028

  Berry, Linda J ^a   Hickey, Danica K ^a   Skelding, Kathryn A ^a   Bao, Shisan ^c   Rendina, Amanda M ^b   Hansbro, Philip M ^a   Gockel, Christine M ^d   Beagley, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INTERLEUKIN 4; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TH1 CELL; TRANSCUTANEOUS IMMUNIZATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHOLERA TOXIN; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PORINS; RNA, MESSENGER; VAGINA;

EID: 0842326199     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.2.1019-1028.2004     Document Type: Article

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