CD4+ T cells and antibody are required for optimal major outer membrane protein vaccine-induced immunity to Chlamydia muridarum genital infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4374-4383

  Farris, Christina M ^a,b   Morrison, Sandra G ^b   Morrison, Richard P ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CPG 1826; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; MONTANIDE ISA 720; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OVALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHLAMYDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HYDROSALPINX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA MURIDARUM; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

EID: 77957736718     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00622-10     Document Type: Article

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