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Controlling antimicrobial resistance through targeted, vaccine-induced replacement of strains.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Tekle Yonas I, Nielsen Kaare M, Liu Jingzhou, Pettigrew Melinda M, Meyers Lauren A, Galvani Alison P, Townsend Jeffrey P
Abstract excerpt
Vaccination has proven effective in controlling many infectious diseases. However, differential effectiveness with regard to pathogen genotype is a frequent reason for failures in vaccine development. Often, insufficient immune response is induced to prevent infection by the diversity of existing serotypes present in pathogenic populations of bacteria. These vaccines that target a too narrow spectrum of serotypes...
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