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Non-neutralizing protective antibodies

Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of recombinant Clostridium difficile flagellar protein FliC

Chandrabali GhoseAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, NY 10075, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Ioannis EugenisAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, NY 10075, USA
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Xingmin SunTufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA 01536, USA
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Adrianne N EdwardsDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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Shonna M McBrideDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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David T PrideDepartments of Pathology and Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Ciarán P KellyDivision of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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David D HoAaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, NY 10075, USA;The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Pages 1-10 | Received 13 Jul 2015, Accepted 12 Nov 2015, Published online: 25 Jan 2019

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