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Investigators at University libre of Bruxelles release new data on vaccines
December 17th, 2008
Scientists discuss in 'Genetic diversity of Group A Streptococcus M protein: implications for typing and vaccine development' new findings in vaccines. According to recent research published in the journal Vaccine, "Group A Streptococci (GAS) are classified into 180 emm-types based on the sequence of the amino-terminal hyper-variable region of the M surface protein. The genetic relatedness of the whole surface-exposed part of M was investigated in well-characterized Belgian and Brazilian GAS isolates which belong to different epidemiological and clinical landscapes." "Despite a small number of different emm-types and an apparent low diversity in the Belgian...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-12-17)
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