A New Pneumococcal Capsule Type, 10D, is the 100th Serotype and Has a Large <i>cps</i> Fragment from an Oral Streptococcus

Ganaie, Feroze; S. Saad, Jamil; McGee, Lesley; J. van Tonder, Andries; D. Bentley, Stephen; W. Lo, Stephanie; A. Gladstone, Rebecca; Turner, Paul; D. Keenan, Jeremy; F. Breiman, Robert; H. Nahm, Moon

doi:10.1128/mbio.00937-20

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A New Pneumococcal Capsule Type, 10D, is the 100th Serotype and Has a Large cps Fragment from an Oral Streptococcus

Published in mBio • May 18, 2020

Authors:

Feroze Ganaie

Jamil S. Saad

Lesley McGee

Abstract

The polysaccharide capsule is essential for the pathogenicity of pneumococcus, which is responsible for millions of deaths worldwide each year. Currently available pneumococcal vaccines are designed to elicit antibodies to the capsule polysaccharides of the pneumococcal isolates commonly causing dis...

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Serotype

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Capsule

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