Immunity to murine Chlamydia trachomatis genital tract reinfection involves B cells and CD4(+) T cells but not CD8(+) T cells.

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Published in Infect Immun on December 01, 2000

Authors

S G Morrison1, H Su, H D Caldwell, R P Morrison

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1: Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA. morrison@montana.edu

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