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SUBMITTER: Razim A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6141484 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Razim Agnieszka A Pacyga Katarzyna K Aptekorz Małgorzata M Martirosian Gayane G Szuba Andrzej A Pawlak-Adamska Edyta E Brzychczy-Włoch Monika M Myc Andrzej A Gamian Andrzej A Górska Sabina S
Scientific reports 20180917 1
Clostridium difficile (CD) infections are a growing threat due to the strain resistance to antibiotic treatment and the emergence of hypervirulent strains. One solution to this problem is the search for new vaccine antigens, preferably surface-localized that will be recognized by antibodies at an early stage of colonization. The purpose of the study was to assess the usefulness of novel immunoreactive surface proteins (epitopes) as potential vaccine antigens. Such approach might be tough to purs ...[more]