Immunization with live Neisseria lactamica protects mice against meningococcal challenge and can elicit serum bactericidal antibodies

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 6348-6355

  Li, Yanwen ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a   Winterbotham, Megan ^a   Mowe, Eva ^a   Gorringe, Andrew ^b   Tang, Christoph M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; LIVE VACCINE; NEISSERIA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMMENSALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MOUSE; NASOPHARYNX; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SERUM BACTERICIDAL TEST; VACCINES, ATTENUATED;

EID: 33750464088     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01062-06     Document Type: Article

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