Evasion mechanisms of pathogenic Neisseriae.

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The outcome of the early stages of a neisserial infection is determined by receptor-mediated events that culminate in the attachment and invasion of human mucosal tissues. The factors participating in this process, including pili, opacity proteins (Opa), and perhaps lipopolysaccharide (LPS), undergo phase and antigenic variation allowing the pathogens to evade the human immune response. In addition antigenic...

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