Age-specific salivary immunoglobulin A response to Streptococcus mutans GbpB

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 804-807

  Nogueira, Ruchele D ^a   Alves, Alessandra C ^a   King, William F ^b   Gonçalves, Reginaldo B ^a   Höfling, José F ^a   Smith, Daniel J ^b   Mattos Graner, Renata O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 34547130547     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00098-07     Document Type: Article

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