Serotype-Dependent Effects on the Dynamics of Pneumococcal Colonization and Implications for Transmission

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Capsule is the major virulence factor and surface antigen of the opportunistic respiratory pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn). Strains of Spn express at least 100 structurally and immunologically distinct types (serotypes) of capsule, but for unknown reasons only a few are common. The effect of serotypes during the commensal interactions of Spn and its host, colonization and transmission, was tested. This...

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