Scrub typhus vaccines: Past history and recent developments

Human Vaccines

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 73-80

  Chattopadhyay, Suchismita ^a   Richards, Allen L ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigenic proteins; Homologous and heterologous protection; Immunological response; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Rickettsia; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GILLIAM VACCINE; KARP R56 VACCINE; KARP VACCINE; KARP47 VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN BORYONG56 VACCINE; SCRUB TYPHUS VACCINE; SHANXI56 VACCINE; STA56 47 VACCINE; SUBUNIT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; VOLNER VACCINE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SCRUB TYPHUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 34248200489     PISSN: 15548600     EISSN: 15548619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/hv.3.3.4009     Document Type: Review

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