The Role of the Multiple Banded Antigen of Ureaplasma parvum in Intra-Amniotic Infection: Major Virulence Factor or Decoy?

The multiple banded antigen (MBA) is a predicted virulence factor of Ureaplasma species. Antigenic variation of the MBA is a potential mechanism by which ureaplasmas avoid immune recognition and cause chronic infections of the upper genital tract of pregnant women. We tested whether the MBA is invol...

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Autores principales: Dando, Samantha J., Nitsos, Ilias, Kallapur, Suhas G., Newnham, John P., Polglase, Graeme R., Pillow, J. Jane, Jobe, Alan H., Timms, Peter, Knox, Christine L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22253806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029856

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22253806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0029856

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