Intranasal vaccination with a secreted chlamydial protein enhances resolution of genital Chlamydia muridarum infection, protects against oviduct pathology, and is highly dependent upon endogenous gamma interferon production.

Murthy AK, Chambers JP, Meier PA, Zhong G, Arulanandam BP. Intranasal vaccination with a secreted chlamydial protein enhances resolution of genital Chlamydia muridarum infection, protects against oviduct pathology, and is highly dependent upon endogenous gamma interferon production. Infect Immun. 2007 Feb; 75(2):666-76.

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subject areas

Adjuvants, Immunologic
Administration, Intranasal
Animals
Antibodies, Bacterial
Antigens, Bacterial
Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Vaccines
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Chlamydia Infections
Chlamydia muridarum
Colony Count, Microbial
Fallopian Tubes
Female
Genital Diseases, Female
Immunity, Mucosal
Interferon-gamma
Interleukin-12
Interleukin-4
Lymphocytes
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Recombinant Proteins
Vaccination
Vaccines, Subunit
Vagina

authors with profiles

Bernard Arulanandam
James Chambers