Evaluation of a potential vaccine against hyperinvasive serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis by assessment of the effects of surface-expressed Opacity-associated proteins on the immune system
<p><em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> causes 500,000 cases of meningitis and septicaemia annually worldwide, with a mortality rate of approximately 10%. Most disease in developed countries is caused by serogroup B infection, against which there is no universal vaccine. Opa proteins ar...
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2011
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