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Humoral immunity and CD4+ Th1 cells are both necessary for a fully protective immune response upon secondary infection with Brucella melitensis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Apr 2014
Vitry Marie-Alice, Hanot Mambres Delphine, De Trez Carl, Akira Shizuo, Ryffel Bernhard, Letesson Jean-Jacques, Muraille Eric
Abstract excerpt
Brucella spp are intracellular bacteria that cause brucellosis, one of the most common zoonoses in the world. Given the serious medical consequences of this disease, a safe and effective human vaccine is urgently needed. Efforts to develop this vaccine have been hampered by our lack of understanding of what constitutes a protective memory response against Brucella. In this study, we characterize the cells and...
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