Dynamics of the murine humoral immune response to Neisseria meningitis group B capsular polysaccharide.

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Published in Infect Immun on February 01, 1998

Authors

J Colino1, I Outschoorn

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1: Immunology Service, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain.

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