| Literature DB >> 16759765 |
Quincy C Moore1, Joseph R Bosarge, Lisa R Quin, Larry S McDaniel.
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The effect of priming and boosting with pspA/EF5668 and purified recombinant PspA/EF5668 was examined. With this strategy CBA/N mice were protected against fatal challenge with Streptococcus pneumoniae EF5668. Anti-PspA antibody titers were elevated, and Western analysis with the immune serum demonstrated cross-reactivity with PspA from several different pneumococcal isolates, representing different PspA clades. Immune serum localized cross-reactive epitopes to the alpha-helical domain of PspA/Rx1 and PspA/EF5668. We demonstrated that DNA/protein prime-boost immunizations can enhance protective immunity against pneumococcal challenge.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16759765 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.04.046
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vaccine ISSN: 0264-410X Impact factor: 3.641