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A Streptococcus suis Live Vaccine Suppresses Streptococcal Toxic Shock-Like Syndrome and Provides Sequence Type-Independent Protection
23 Aug 2018
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Background: Streptococcus suis is an encapsulated zoonotic pathogen. Increasing antimicrobial resistance invokes the need for effective vaccines. Despite many attempts to develop an effective vaccine, none is currently available. Methods: A capsular polysaccharide (CPS)-expressing attenuated mutant 2015033 was constructed by deleting 5 virulence-associated factors (sly, scpA, ssnA, fhb, and ssads) in an infective...
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