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Study results from Z.F. Wu and colleagues broaden understanding of life sciences

Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 6th, 2008

"Streptococcus suis is an important swine pathogen responsible for a diverse group of diseases. Studies on vaccines have focused on S. suis serotype 2 strains, which are the most invasive isolates worldwide," scientists in Nanjing, People's Republic of China report.

"However, in China S. suis serotype 9 (SS9) is also a prevalent serotype, which is frequently isolated from diseased pigs. Little is known about immunogenic proteins for SS9. Therefore, an immunoproteomic-based approach was developed to identify immunogenic proteins of SS9. Cell wall proteins extracted from SS9 strain GZ0565 isolated from a diseased pig with meningitis were screened by two-dimensional...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-08-06)

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