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INFECTION AND IMMUNITY
Volume 68, Issue 5, Pages 3028-3033Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.5.3028-3033.2000
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The vaccine potential of a combination of three pneumococcal virulence proteins was evaluated in an active-immunization-intraperitoneal-challenge model in BALB/c mice, using very high challenge doses of Streptococcus pneumoniae. The proteins evaluated were a genetic toroid derivative of pneumolysin (PdB), pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA), and It 37-kDa metal-binding lipoprotein referred to as PsaA. Mice immunized with individual proteins or combinations thereof were challenged with high doses of virulent type 2 or type 4 pneumococci. The median survival times for mice immunized with combinations of proteins, particularly PdB and PspA, were significantly longer than those for mice immunized with any of the antigens alone. A similar effect was seen in a passive protection model. Thus, combinations of pneumococcal proteins may provide the best non-serotype-dependent protection against S. pneumoniae.
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