Delivery of a Chlamydial Adhesin N-PmpC Subunit Vaccine to the Ocular Mucosa Using Particulate Carriers.

Trachoma, caused by the intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct), remains the world's leading preventable infectious cause of blindness. Recent attempts to develop effective vaccines rely on modified chlamydial antigen delivery platforms. As the mechanisms engaged in the pathology of...

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Main Authors: Aleksandra Inic-Kanada, Marijana Stojanovic, Simone Schlacher, Elisabeth Stein, Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer, Emilija Marinkovic, Ivana Lukic, Jacqueline Montanaro, Nadine Schuerer, Nora Bintner, Vesna Kovacevic-Jovanovic, Ognjen Krnjaja, Ulrike Beate Mayr, Werner Lubitz, Talin Barisani-Asenbauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4684359?pdf=render