Production and characterization of anti-idiotypic antibodies, biological mimicry of a glycolipid exoantigen of Chlamydia trachomatis in vivo

Irrespective of the fact that chlamydial infections afflict more than 500 millions of people in the world, little is known about host defense mechanisms involved. Several chlamydial antigens are being investigated in an effort to find a vaccine candidate. The dilemmas currently confronted in searchi...

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Main Author: An, Ling-Ling
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1993
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI9408247