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Studies from Arizona State University, Center for Infectious Diseases Provide New Data on Pneumonia

Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 2nd, 2011

2011 MAR 2 -- New research, 'Immunization with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium-derived outer membrane vesicles delivering the pneumococcal protein PspA confers protection against challenge with Streptococcus pneumoniae,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from the United States, "Gram-negative bacteria produce outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) that serve a variety of functions related to survival and pathogenicity. Periplasmic and outer membrane proteins are naturally captured during vesicle formation."

"This property has been exploited as a method to derive immunogenic vesicle preparations for use as vaccines. In this work, we...

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