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Capsule Type and Amount Affect Shedding and Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae

The capsular polysaccharide (CPS) of Streptococcus pneumoniae is characterized by its diversity, as it has over 95 known serotypes, and the variation in its thickness as it surrounds an organism. While within-host effects of CPS have been studied in detail, there is no information about its contribu...

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Autores principales: Zafar, M. Ammar, Hamaguchi, Shigeto, Zangari, Tonia, Cammer, Michael, Weiser, Jeffrey N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5565965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00989-17