Contribution of phase variation of Opa proteins to persistent carriage and immune evasion of Neisseria meningitides
Neisseria meningitidis is one of the main causes of bacterial meningitis and septicaemia but colonizes the upper respiratory tract of humans asymptomatically as a normal commensal. Phase variation (PV) in the surface antigens is proposed as an effective mechanism to enable these bacteria to adapt an...
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University of Leicester
2018
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.762661 |