Reply to "cross-protective immunity against heterologous Streptococcus pneumoniae"

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1946-

  Chimalapati, Suneeta ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^a   Brown, Jeremy S ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN BINDING; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CROSS PROTECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VACCINATION;

EID: 84861116461     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00098-12     Document Type: Letter

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2. Cohen J, et al. 2011. Protective contributions against invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia of antibody and Th17-cell responses to nasopharyngeal colonization. PLoS One 6:e25558.
3. Roche AM, King SJ, Weiser JN. 2007. Live attenuated Streptococcus pneumoniae strains induce serotype-independent mucosal and systemic protection in mice. Infect. Immun. 75:2469-2475.
4. Seo JY, et al. 2002. Cross-protective immunity of mice induced by oral immunization with pneumococcal surface adhesin A encapsulated in microspheres. Infect. Immun. 70:1143-1149.