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Contribution of different pneumococcal virulence factors to experimental meningitis in mice
BACKGROUND: Pneumococcal meningitis (PM) is a life-threatening disease with a high case-fatality rate and elevated risk for serious neurological sequelae. In this study, we investigated the contribution of three major virulence factors of Streptococcus pneumoniae, the capsule, pneumococcal surface p...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24059458 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-444 |