Two variants among Haemophilus influenzae serotype b strains with distinct bcs4, hcsA and hcsB genes display differences in expression of the polysaccharide capsule

BACKGROUND: Despite nearly complete vaccine coverage, a small number of fully vaccinated children in the Netherlands have experienced invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae serotype b (Hib). This increase started in 2002, nine years after the introduction of nationwide vaccination in the...

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Autores principales: Schouls, Leo, van der Heide, Han, Witteveen, Sandra, Zomer, Bert, van der Ende, Arie, Burger, Marina, Schot, Corrie
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2267795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18298818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-35

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