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Optimized Interferon-gamma ELISpot Assay to Measure T Cell Responses in the Guinea Pig Model after Vaccination
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Control of interferon production in rabbit cells treated with poly I:C
1Department of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213.
The Journal of General Physiology
|October 30, 2009
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