Flea-Borne Transmission Model to Evaluate Vaccine Efficacy against Naturally Acquired Bubonic Plague

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2052-2056

  Jarrett, Clayton O ^a   Sebbane, Florent ^a   Adamovicz, Jeffrey J ^b   Andrews, Gerard P ^b   Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; YERSINIA PESTIS F1 ANTIGEN; YERSINIA PESTIS V ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BUBONIC PLAGUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLEA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SEROLOGY; YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLEAS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; PLAGUE; PLAGUE VACCINE; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 1842484204     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.4.2052-2056.2004     Document Type: Article

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