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Toward a universal multistrain bacterial vaccine

Nature Biotechnology volume 23, pages 1087–1088 (2005)Cite this article

Multigenome screening identifies novel surface-expressed protein vaccine candidates.

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Figure 1: A diagrammatic and hypothetical representation of two strains of GBS demonstrating how surface proteins can vary such that no pan-protective antigen exists.

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