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- Title
Streptococcus pneumoniae contains 3 rlrA pilus variants that are clonally related.
- Authors
Moschioni, Monica; Donati, Claudio; Muzzi, Alessandro; Masignani, Vega; Censini, Stefano; Hanage, William P; Bishop, Cynthia J; Reis, Joice Neves; Normark, Staffan; Henriques-Normark, Birgitta; Covacci, Antonello; Rappuoli, Rino; Barocchi, Michèle A
- Abstract
Pilus components of Streptococcus pneumoniae encoded by rlrA were recently shown to elicit protection in an animal model of infection. Limited data are available on the prevalence of the rlrA operon in pneumococci; therefore, we investigated its distribution and its antigenic variation among disease-causing strains.
- Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2008, Vol 197, Issue 6, p888
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/528375