Reduced IL-17A Secretion Is Associated with High Levels of Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage in Fijian Children

Streptococcus pneumonia (the pneumococcus) is the leading vaccine preventable cause of serious infections in infants under 5 years of age. The major correlate of protection for pneumococcal infections is serotype-specific IgG antibody. More recently, antibody-independent mechanisms of protection hav...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Hoe, Edwin, Boelsen, Laura K., Toh, Zheng Quan, Sun, Guang Wen, Koo, Ghee Chong, Balloch, Anne, Marimla, Rachel, Dunne, Eileen M., Tikoduadua, Lisi, Russell, Fiona M., Satzke, Catherine, Mulholland, E. Kim, Licciardi, Paul V.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Subjects:
Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4466549/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26069966
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129199
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items