Antibody-neutralizing activity against all urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis serovars in Chlamydia suis-infected pigs

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-128

  Donati, Manuela ^a   Di Francesco, Antonietta ^b   Delucca, Federica ^a   Di Paolo, Maria ^a   Battilani, Mara ^b   Balboni, Andrea ^b   Baldelli, Raffaella ^b   Cevenini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlamydia suis; Chlamydia trachomatis; Neutralizing antibodies

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA SUIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; SWINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMANS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 78651100880     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00748.x     Document Type: Article

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