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Correlates of Immunity Elicited by Live Yersinia pestis Vaccine

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We thank Dr. Valentina A. Feodorova for helpful discussions. This work was supported by grant U54 AI0577156 to NIH/NIAID Western Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases.

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Braciale, V.L., Nash, M., Sinha, N., Zudina, I.V., Motin, V.L. (2008). Correlates of Immunity Elicited by Live Yersinia pestis Vaccine. In: Georgiev, V.S., Western, K.A., McGowan, J.J. (eds) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH. Infectious Disease. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-569-5_50

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