Evaluation of protection afforded by Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis unmarked deletion mutants exhibiting different rates of clearance in BALB/c mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4048-4057

  Kahl McDonagh, M M ^a   Ficht, T A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; LIVE VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASP24 GENE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DRUG SAFETY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MANBA GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; VIRB2 GENE;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 33745597925     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01787-05     Document Type: Article

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