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Use of Moraxella catarrhalis lipooligosaccharide mutants to identify specific oligosaccharide epitopes recognized by human serum antibodies.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 2009
Schwingel Johanna M, Edwards Katie J, Cox Andrew D, Masoud Hussein, Richards James C, St Michael Frank, Tekwe Carmen D, Sethi Sanjay, Murphy Timothy F, Campagnari Anthony A
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Moraxella catarrhalis is a causative agent of otitis media in children and lower respiratory tract infections in adults suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This strict human pathogen continues to be a significant cause of disease in this broad spectrum of patients because there is no available vaccine. Although numerous putative vaccine antigens have been described, little is known about...
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