Preclinical evaluation of a chemically detoxified pneumolysin as pneumococcal vaccine antigen

The use of protein antigens able to protect against the majority of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes is envisaged as stand-alone and/or complement to the current capsular polysaccharide-based pneumococcal vaccines. Pneumolysin (Ply) is a key virulence factor that is highly conserved in amino acid...

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Main Authors: Philippe Hermand, Annick Vandercammen, Emmanuel Mertens, Emmanuel Di Paolo, Vincent Verlant, Philippe Denoël, Fabrice Godfroid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2016.1234553