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Meningococcal Vaccines
Studies from University of Oxford describe new findings in meningococcal vaccines
June 18th, 2008
Researchers detail in 'Variation in the Neisseria lactamica porin, and its relationship to meningococcal PorB,' new data in meningococcal. "One potential vaccine strategy in the fight against meningococcal disease involves the exploitation of outer-membrane components of Neisseria lactamica, a commensal bacterium closely related to the meningococcus, Neisseria meningitidis. Although N. lactamica shares many surface structures with the meningococcus, little is known about the antigenic diversity of this commensal bacterium or the antigenic relationships between N. lactamica and N. meningitidis. Here, the N. lactamica porin protein (Por) was examined and compared to the related...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-06-18)
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