New Pneumococcal Serotype 15D

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The pneumococcal serogroup 15 comprises four capsular polysaccharide serotypes (15A, 15B, 15C, 15F) that collectively account for an impactful disease burden (1, 2). These four serotypes are defined by Quellung reaction typing, employing specific serologic factor sera to visualize the capsule (3) (Table 1). Each of these four serotypes shares an identical pentasaccharide repeat unit that forms an identical linear...

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