Oral microbial ecology and the role of salivary immunoglobulin A

H Marcotte, MC Lavoie - Microbiology and molecular biology …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
In the oral cavity, indigenous bacteria are often associated with two major oral diseases,
caries and periodontal diseases. These diseases seem to appear following an inbalance in …

New knowledge on pathogenesis of bacterial enteric infections as applied to vaccine development

MM Levine, JB Kaper, RE Black… - Microbiological …, 1983 - Am Soc Microbiol
More recently, however, there have occurred great advances in our knowledge of the patho-
genesis of infections due to these bacterial enteropathogens. This new information has been …

Analysis of the roles of antilipopolysaccharide and anti-cholera toxin immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies in protection against Vibrio cholerae and cholera toxin by use …

FM Apter, P Michetti, LS Winner 3rd, JA Mack… - Infection and …, 1993 - Am Soc Microbiol
Secretory immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies (sIgA) directed against cholera toxin (CT) and
surface components of Vibrio cholerae are associated with protection against cholera, but …

Immune responses to cholera in children

DT Leung, F Chowdhury, SB Calderwood… - Expert review of anti …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Cholera is a severe acute dehydrating diarrheal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 or
O139 infection, and is associated with significant mortality and morbidity globally. Although …

Major outer membrane proteins of Vibrio cholerae and their role in induction of protective immunity through inhibition of intestinal colonization

DK Sengupta, TK Sengupta, AC Ghose - Infection and immunity, 1992 - Am Soc Microbiol
Vibrio cholerae O1 organisms belonging to different biotypes and serotypes were shown to
express major outer membrane proteins (MOMPs) with subunit molecular masses of 48 to …

Immunogenicity of a killed bivalent (O1 and O139) whole cell oral cholera vaccine, Shanchol, in Haiti

RC Charles, IJ Hilaire, LM Mayo-Smith… - PLoS neglected …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Studies of the immunogenicity of the killed bivalent whole cell oral cholera
vaccine, Shanchol, have been performed in historically cholera-endemic areas of Asia …

Antigen-specific immunoglobulin-A prevents increased airway responsiveness and lung eosinophilia after airway challenge in sensitized mice

J Schwarze, G Cieslewicz, A Joetham… - American journal of …, 1998 - atsjournals.org
Aeroallergens such as Amb a I from short ragweed are important in the development of
allergic airway disease. We tested the ability of a human monoclonal immunoglobulin-A …

Hyporesponsiveness of the systemic and mucosal humoral immune systems in chickens infected with Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis at one day of age

PS Holt, RK Gast, RE Porter Jr, HD Stone - Poultry Science, 1999 - Elsevier
Newly hatched chicks lack immunological maturity, which could compromise their ability to
respond to infection by pathogens such as Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis (S …

Comparison of memory B cell, antibody-secreting cell, and plasma antibody responses in young children, older children, and adults with infection caused by Vibrio …

DT Leung, MA Rahman, M Mohasin… - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Children bear a large component of the global burden of cholera. Despite this, little is known
about immune responses to cholera in children, especially those under 5 years of age …

Immune responses to the O-specific polysaccharide antigen in children who received a killed oral cholera vaccine compared to responses following natural cholera …

DT Leung, T Uddin, P Xu, A Aktar… - Clinical and Vaccine …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Current oral cholera vaccines induce lower levels of protective efficacy and shorter durations
of protection in young children than in adults. Immunity against cholera is serogroup specific …