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Salivary antibodies induced by the seven-valent PncOMPC conjugate vaccine in the Finnish Otitis Media Vaccine Trial

BACKGROUND: Mucosal antibodies have been suggested to have a role in defence against pneumococcal infections. We investigated here the ability of a seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PncOMPC, to induce mucosal immune response. METHODS: Healthy Finnish children (n = 111), a subcohort of the...

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Autores principales: Nurkka, Anu, Lahdenkari, Mika, Palmu, Arto AI, Käyhty, Helena
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1185537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15921511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-5-41