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Protective humoral response against pneumococcal infection in mice elicited by recombinant bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccines expressing pneumococcal surface protein A.
1 Dec 1994
Abstract excerpt
Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA), a cell-surface protein present on all strains of pneumococci, has been shown to elicit protective antibody responses in mice in the absence of capsular polysaccharide. Whereas PspA is polymorphic, considerable cross-reactivity and cross-protection have been demonstrated among PspA proteins of pneumococci exhibiting different capsular and PspA serotypes. A gene segment...
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