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Serum levels of anti-PspA and anti-PspC IgG decrease with age and do not correlate with susceptibility to experimental human pneumococcal colonization

Older adults are at increased risk of pneumococcal disease. This work aims to evaluate whether there is any decrease in serum IgG against variants of the antigens Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) and Pneumococcal surface protein C (PspC) in healthy adults with increasing age. Levels of IgG agai...

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Autores principales: Araujo, Adriano P., Colichio, Gabriela B. C., Oliveira, Maria Leonor S., German, Esther, Nikolaou, Elissavet, Chen, Tao, Adler, Hugh, Ferreira, Daniela M., Miyaji, Eliane N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7880446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33577617
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247056