Passive immunization with a polyclonal antiserum to the hemoglobin receptor of Haemophilus ducreyi confers protection against a homologous challenge in the experimental swine model of chancroid

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3168-3177

  Leduc, Isabelle ^a   Fusco, William G ^a   Choudhary, Neelima ^a   Routh, Patty A ^b   Cholon, Deborah M ^a   Hobbs, Marcia M ^a   Almond, Glen W ^b   Orndorff, Paul E ^b   Elkins, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; HAEMOPHILUS VACCINE; HGBA VACCINE; PHOSPHORYL LIPID A; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SWINE; ULCUS MOLLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHANCROID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EAR; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 79961114648     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00017-11     Document Type: Article

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