A DNA Vaccine Encoding the Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Shiga-Like Toxin 2 A 2 and B Subunits Confers Protective Immunity to Shiga Toxin Challenge in the Murine Model
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1556-6811,1556-679X
DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00250-10