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Porin A-specific antibody avidity in patients who are convalescing from meningococcal B disease.
Pediatric research - 1 Jul 2005
Vermont Clementien L, van Dijken Harry H, de Groot Ronald, van den Dobbelsteen Germie P J M
Abstract excerpt
Porin A (PorA), which determines the serosubtype of Neisseria meningitidis, is the main antigen of a candidate vaccine against serogroup B meningococci, which has been shown to induce high-avidity antibodies in children. We characterized the immune response of children after convalescing from meningococcal infection with a serosubtype P1.7-2,4 strain. Acute- and convalescent-phase sera of 21 children with...
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