Bactericidal activity of M protein conserved region antibodies against group A streptococcal isolates from the Northern Thai population

BACKGROUND: Most group A streptococcal (GAS) vaccine strategies have focused on the surface M protein, a major virulence factor of GAS. The amino-terminus of the M protein elicits antibodies, that are both opsonic and protective, but which are type specific. J14, a chimeric peptide that contains 14...

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Autores principales: Yoonim, Nonglak, Olive, Colleen, Pruksachatkunakorn, Chulabhorn, Pruksakorn, Sumalee
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1557512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16895610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-6-71

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