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The variome of pneumococcal virulence factors and regulators.
BMC genomics - 3 Jan 2018
Gámez Gustavo, Castro Andrés, Gómez-Mejia Alejandro, Gallego Mauricio, Bedoya Alejandro, Camargo Mauricio, Hammerschmidt Sven
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BACKGROUND: In recent years, the idea of a highly immunogenic protein-based vaccine to combat Streptococcus pneumoniae and its severe invasive infectious diseases has gained considerable interest. However, the target proteins to be included in a vaccine formulation have to accomplish several genetic and immunological characteristics, (such as conservation, distribution, immunogenicity and protective effect), in...
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