Contribution of cryptic epitopes in designing a group A streptococcal vaccine

A successful vaccine needs to target multiple strains of an organism. Streptococcus pyogenes is an organism that utilizes antigenic strain variation as a successful defence mechanism to circumvent the host immune response. Despite numerous efforts, there is currently no vaccine available for this or...

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Main Authors: Victoria Ozberk, Manisha Pandey, Michael F. Good
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-08-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1462427