Towards a Synthetic Pneumococcal Vaccine: Synthetic Oligosaccharides as Tools for Improving the Specificity of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays
Author(s) -
H. Snippe,
Wouter T. M. Jansen,
Johannis P. Kamerling,
Dirk J. Lefeber
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1098-6588
pISSN - 1071-412X
DOI - 10.1128/cdli.7.2.325-325.2000
Subject(s) - streptococcus pneumoniae , pneumococcal conjugate vaccine , haemophilus , immunization , conjugate , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , conjugate vaccine , pneumococcal vaccine , haemophilus influenzae , pneumococcal infections , pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine , virology , immunology , antigen , biology , pneumococcal disease , bacteria , antibiotics , mathematical analysis , genetics , mathematics
The successful introduction of a conjugate vaccine for Haemophilus influenza in the childhood immunization program has spurred the development of a similar vaccine for Streptococcus pneumoniae. Several clinical trials are in progress which test the efficacy of polysaccharide-protein conjugates
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