Antibodies to both terminal and internal B-cell epitopes of Francisella tularensis O-polysaccharide produced by patients with tularemia.

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Published in Clin Vaccine Immunol on December 18, 2013

Authors

Zhaohua Lu1, Hillary M Perkins, Jacqueline Sharon

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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