Variation of pneumococcal Pilus-1 expression results in vaccine escape during Experimental Otitis Media [EOM]

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Figueira, Marisol ^a   Moschioni, Monica ^b   De Angelis, Gabriella ^b   Barocchi, Michèle ^b   Sabharwal, Vishakha ^a   Masignani, Vega ^b   Pelton, Stephen I ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PNEUMOCOCCAL PILUS 1; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; RRGB321 VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE EXPERIMENTAL OTITIS MEDIA; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL DISEASE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNIZATION; MUTANT; NASOPHARYNX; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHINCHILLA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EAR, MIDDLE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; IMMUNIZATION; MUTATION; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897439085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083798     Document Type: Article

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