Cross-protective immunity against heterologous Streptococcus pneumoniae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1944-1945

  Moens, Leen ^a   Wuyts, Greet ^a   Verhaegen, Jan ^b   Bossuyt, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CROSS PROTECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURVIVAL RATE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84861125792     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.06397-11     Document Type: Letter

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