Protection against lethal murine coccidioidomycosis by a soluble vaccine from spherules.
Infect Immun
; 66(5): 2342-5, 1998 May.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9573127
The formaldehyde-killed, whole-spherule vaccine, which is protective against lethal challenge of laboratory animals with Coccidioides immitis, was fractionated. It yielded a soluble, multicomponent, subcellular fraction termed the 27K vaccine. This vaccine, when it was accompanied by adjuvant, protected mice against lethal intranasal and intravenous challenge with C. immitis.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Fungal Vaccines
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Coccidioides
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Coccidioidomycosis
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Infect Immun
Year:
1998
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
United States