Oral therapeutic vaccination with Streptococcus sobrinus recombinant enolase confers protection against dental caries in rats

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-123

  Dinis, Márcia ^a,b   Tavares, Delfina ^a,b   Veiga Malta, Isabel ^a,b   Fonseca, António J M M ^c,d   Andrade, Elva Bonifácio ^a   Trigo, Gabriela ^a,b   Ribeiro, Adília ^a,b   Videira, Arnaldo ^a,b   Silvério Cabrita, António M ^d   Ferreira, Paula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL VACCINE; ENOLASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ENOLASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CARIOGENIC DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALIVA LEVEL; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MOUTH; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; RATS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 58749094631     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/594372     Document Type: Article

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