Evidence of a functional B-cell immunodeficiency in adults who experience serogroup C meningococcal disease

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 692-698

  Foster, Rachel A ^a   Carlring, Jennifer ^a   McKendrick, Michael W ^b   Lees, Andrew ^c   Borrow, Ray ^d   Read, Robert C ^a   Heath, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Fina Biosolutions LLC   (United States)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CD3 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVOR; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849087717     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00485-08     Document Type: Article

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