Prior exposure to B. pertussis shapes the mucosal antibody response to acellular pertussis booster vaccination
Bordetella pertussis (Bp), the causative agent of pertussis, continues to circulate and it’s not well understood how (sub)clinical infections shape immune memory to Bp and vaccination. Here, using a mutant Bp strain lacking antigens of the acellular pertussis vaccine, the authors show how prior expo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-12-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35165-w |