Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 81-85 , May 2010

Antibody-mediated protection and the mucosal immune system of the genital tract: relevance to vaccine design

  • Jiri Mestecky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    • Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    • Mucosal HIV and Immunobiology Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Alabama at Birmingham, 845 19th Street South, Box 1, Birmingham, AL 35294-2170, USA. Tel.: +1 205 934 2225; fax: +1 205 934 3894.
    • ,
  • Milan Raska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    • Department of Immunology, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
    • ,
  • Jan Novak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    • Mucosal HIV and Immunobiology Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    • ,
  • Rashada C. Alexander

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    • ,
  • Zina Moldoveanu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
    • Mucosal HIV and Immunobiology Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

Received 4 September 2009 ,Revised 5 February 2010 ,Accepted 11 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.02.003

Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 81-85 , May 2010

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