Genomic differences among carriage and invasive nontypeable pneumococci circulating in South Africa

Most pneumococci express a polysaccharide capsule, a key virulence factor and target for pneumococcal vaccines. However, pneumococci showing no serological evidence of capsule expression [nontypeable pneumococci (NTPn)] are more frequently isolated from carriage studies than in invasive disease. Lim...

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Autores principales: Mohale, Thabo, Wolter, Nicole, Allam, Mushal, Nzenze, Susan A., Madhi, Shabir A., du Plessis, Mignon, von Gottberg, Anne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31617841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000299

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31617841
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000299

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