Exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei induces cell-mediated immunity in healthy individuals

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 585-587

  Govan, Brendan ^a   Ketheesan, N ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burkholderia pseudomallei; Cell mediated immunity; Intracellular pathogen; Meliodosis; Tropical infections

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TROPICAL DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI;

EID: 3242668028     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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