Clearance of Citrobacter rodentium requires B cells but not secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) or IgM antibodies.

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Published in Infect Immun on June 01, 2004

Authors

Christian Maaser1, Michael P Housley, Mitsutoshi Iimura, Jennifer R Smith, Bruce A Vallance, B Brett Finlay, John R Schreiber, Nissi M Varki, Martin F Kagnoff, Lars Eckmann

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1: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.

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