Differential Effects of Pneumococcal Vaccines against Serotypes 6A and 6C
Author(s) -
In H. Park,
Matthew R. Moore,
John J. Treanor,
Stephen I. Pelton,
Tamara Pilishvili,
Bernard Beall,
Mark Shelly,
Barbara E. Mahon,
Moon H. Nahm
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1086/593339
Subject(s) - serotype , incidence (geometry) , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine , pneumococcal disease , medicine , streptococcus pneumoniae , antibody opsonization , pneumococcal infections , virology , vaccination , biology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , antibody , opsonin , antibiotics , physics , optics
Because classic pneumococcal serotyping methods cannot distinguish between serotypes 6A and 6C, the effects of pneumococcal vaccines against serotype 6C are unknown. Pneumococcal vaccines contain serotype 6B but not serotypes 6A and 6C.
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