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Salivary antibodies directed against outer membrane proteins of Moraxella catarrhalis in healthy adults.
Infection and immunity - 1 Dec 2003
Stutzmann Meier Patricia, Heiniger Nadja, Troller Rolf, Aebi Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Moraxella catarrhalis is a major mucosal pathogen of the human respiratory tract, but the mucosal immune response directed against surface components of this organism has not been characterized in detail. The aim of this study was to investigate the salivary immunoglobulin A (IgA) response toward outer membrane proteins (OMP) of M. catarrhalis in healthy adults, the group of individuals least likely to be...
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