Relationship between antibody susceptibility and lipopolysaccharide O-antigen characteristics of invasive and gastrointestinal nontyphoidal Salmonellae isolates from Kenya.
BACKGROUND:Nontyphoidal Salmonellae (NTS) cause a large burden of invasive and gastrointestinal disease among young children in sub-Saharan Africa. No vaccine is currently available. Previous reports indicate the importance of the O-antigen of Salmonella lipopolysaccharide for virulence and resistan...
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Main Authors: | Robert S Onsare (Author), Francesca Micoli (Author), Luisa Lanzilao (Author), Renzo Alfini (Author), Chinyere K Okoro (Author), Anne W Muigai (Author), Gunturu Revathi (Author), Allan Saul (Author), Samuel Kariuki (Author), Calman A MacLennan (Author), Simona Rondini (Author) |
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