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Maternal Immunization with Pneumococcal Surface Protein A Protects against Pneumococcal Infections among Derived Offspring

Pathogen-specific antibody plays an important role in protection against pneumococcal carriage and infections. However, neonates and infants exhibit impaired innate and adaptive immune responses, which result in their high susceptibility to pneumococci. To protect neonates and infants against pneumo...

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Autores principales: Kono, Masamitsu, Hotomi, Muneki, Hollingshead, Susan K., Briles, David E., Yamanaka, Noboru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22073127
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027102