Antibody responses elicited in mice immunized with Bacillus subtilis vaccine strains expressing Stx2B subunit of enterohaemorragic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Resposta de anticorpos obtidas em camundongos imunizados com linhagens vacinais de Bacillus subtilis expressando a subunidade B da Stx2 de Escherichia coli O157:H7 enterohemorrágica

No effective vaccine or immunotherapy is presently available for patients with the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) induced by Shiga-like toxin (Stx) producedbyenterohaemorragic Escherichia coli (EHEC) strains, such as those belonging to the O157:H7 serotype. In this work we evaluated the performance...

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Main Authors: P.A.D.P. Gomes, L.V. Bentancor, J.D. Paccez, M.E. Sbrogio-Almeida, M. S. Palermo, R.C.C. Ferreira, L.C.S. Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2009-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
Stx
SHU
HUS
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822009000200023