Assessment of Streptococcus pneumoniae pilus islet-1 prevalence in carried and transmitted isolates from mother–infant pairs on the Thailand–Burma border

Streptococcus pneumoniae pilus islet-1 (PI-1)-encoded pilus enhances in vitro adhesion to the respiratory epithelium and may contribute to pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization and transmission. The pilus subunits are regarded as potential protein vaccine candidates. In this study, we sought to d...

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Autores principales: Turner, P, Melchiorre, S, Moschioni, M, Barocchi, M A, Turner, C, Watthanaworawit, W, Kaewcharernnet, N, Nosten, F, Goldblatt, D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2012
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Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22092910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03711.x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22092910
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03711.x

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