The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine elicits cross-functional opsonophagocytic killing responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D in children

BACKGROUND: We investigated the immune response to serogroup 6 with the opsonophagocytic killing assay (OPKA) in children aged 12–23 months of age after immunization with the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) containing serotype 6B. METHODS: Blood samples were obtained from 59 children...

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Main Authors: Lee, Hyunju, Cha, Jung Hwa, Nahm, Moon H, Burton, Robert L, Kim, Kyung-Hyo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3852776/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24112237
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-474
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