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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Commensal microbes are currently in the limelight in biomedical research because they play an important role in health and disease. Humans harbor an enormous diversity of commensals in various parts of the body, including ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Current vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae, a bacterial species that afflicts people by causing a wide spectrum of diseases, do not protect against all pneumococcal serotypes. Thus, alternative vaccines to fight ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) strongly protects against vaccine serotypes, but the rapid expansion of non-vaccine serotype disease and the vaccine’s high expense has reduced its overall impact. We have developed ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Homologous recombination in the genetic transformation model organism Streptococcus pneumoniae is thought to be important in the adaptation and evolution of this pathogen. While competent pneumococci are able to scavenge ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)