Protection against nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae is mediated by antigen-specific CD4+ T cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2678-2684

  Trzciński, Krzysztof ^a   Thompson, Claudette M ^a   Srivastava, Amit ^b   Basset, Alan ^b   Malley, Richard ^b   Lipsitch, Marc ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NEURAMINIDASE A; OVALBUMIN; OVALBUMIN PNEUMOCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN A CONJUGATE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PNEUMOLYSIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CARRIER STATE; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NASOPHARYNX; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 46249122178     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00141-08     Document Type: Article

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