A predominant role for antibody in acquired immunity to chlamydial genital tract reinfection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7536-7542

  Morrison, Sandra G ^a   Morrison, Richard P ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 28244490589     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.11.7536     Document Type: Article

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