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. 2011 Feb 17;9(2):89-91.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2011.01.013.

Evicting the pneumococcus from its nasopharyngeal lodgings

James C Paton  1 , Abiodun D Ogunniyi
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Evicting the pneumococcus from its nasopharyngeal lodgings

James C Paton et al. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Abstract

Nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae precedes invasive disease and mediates community transmission of the pathogen. In this issue, Moffitt et al. (2011) used proteomic analysis to identify conserved pneumococcal protein vaccine antigens that elicit T(H)17-dependent responses capable of preventing such colonization.

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