RrgB321, a Fusion Protein of the Three Variants of the Pneumococcal Pilus Backbone RrgB, Is ProtectiveIn Vivoand Elicits Opsonic Antibodies

Review on the immunogenicity and safety of PCV-13 in infants and toddlers

(2011) Marta C Nunes et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

Structural and Functional Characterization of theStreptococcus pneumoniaeRrgB Pilus Backbone D1 Domain

(2011) Maria Antonietta Gentile et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus-1 Displays a Biphasic Expression Pattern

(2011) Gabriella De Angelis et al.   PLoS One

Effect of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccination on Serotype-Specific Carriage and Invasive Disease in England: A Cross-Sectional Study

(2011) Stefan Flasche et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Multilaboratory Comparison ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeOpsonophagocytic Killing Assays and Their Level of Agreement for the Determination of Functional Antibody Activity in Human Reference Sera

(2010) Charles E. Rose et al.   Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Prevalence of pilus-encoding islets among acute otitis media Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Israel

(2010) M. Moschioni et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Serotype-Related Variation in Susceptibility to Complement Deposition and Opsonophagocytosis among Clinical Isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) M. Melin et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Preclinical Evaluation of the Pht Proteins as Potential Cross-Protective Pneumococcal Vaccine Antigens

(2010) Fabrice Godfroid et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

The Two Variants of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus 1 RrgA Adhesin Retain the Same Function and Elicit Cross-Protection In Vivo

(2010) M. Moschioni et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Supramolecular Organization of the Repetitive Backbone Unit of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus

(2010) Glen Spraggon et al.   PLoS One

Molecular architecture of Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 pili

(2009) Markus Hilleringmann et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

10-valent pneumococcal nontypeableHaemophilus influenzaePD conjugate vaccine: Synflorix™

(2009) Roman Prymula et al.   Expert Review of Vaccines

Identification of natural pneumococcal isolates expressing serotype 6D by genetic, biochemical and serological characterization

(2009) P. E. Bratcher et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Essential criteria for evaluation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine candidates

(2009) Peter Paradiso   VACCINE

Challenges in the evaluation and licensing of new pneumococcal vaccines, 7–8 July 2008, Ottawa, Canada

(2009) I. Feavers et al.   VACCINE

Serotype replacement in perspective

(2009) Ron Dagan   VACCINE

The presence of the pilus locus is a clonal property among pneumococcal invasive isolates

(2008) Sandra I Aguiar et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Streptococcus pneumoniae Capsular Serotype 19F Is More Resistant to C3 Deposition and Less Sensitive to Opsonophagocytosis than Serotype 6B

(2008) M. Melin et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Impaired Opsonization with C3b and Phagocytosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Sera from Subjects with Defects in the Classical Complement Pathway

(2008) J. Yuste et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Streptococcus pneumoniaeContains 3rlrAPilus Variants That Are Clonally Related

(2008) Monica Moschioni et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pneumococcal Pili Are Composed of Protofilaments Exposing Adhesive Clusters of Rrg A

(2008) Markus Hilleringmann et al.   PLoS Pathogens