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Genetic and antigenic diversity of the surface protective antigen proteins of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae.
Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI - 1 Jul 2007
To Ho, Nagai Shinya
Abstract excerpt
The surface protective antigen (Spa) protein of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae has been shown to be highly immunogenic and is a potential candidate for a new vaccine against erysipelas. In this study, we cloned and sequenced spa genes from all E. rhusiopathiae serovar reference strains as well as from a serovar 18 strain which was not classified as any species in the genus Erysipelothrix. Sequence analysis revealed...
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