Humoral immune responses in a human case of glanders

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 814-816

  Waag, David M ^a   England, Marilyn J ^a   DeShazer, David ^a  

^a UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GLANDERS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; GLANDERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860319841     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05567-11     Document Type: Article

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