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The presence of the pilus locus is a clonal property among pneumococcal invasive isolates
BACKGROUND: Pili were recently recognized in Streptococcus pneumoniae and implicated in the virulence of this bacterium, which led to the proposal of using these antigens in a future pneumococcal vaccine. However, pili were found to be encoded by the rlrA islet that was not universally distributed i...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18307767 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-41 |