Do not discard Staphylococcus aureus WTA as a vaccine antigen

Nature. 2019 Aug;572(7767):E1-E2. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1416-8. Epub 2019 Jul 31.

Authors

Rob van Dalen¹, Michèle M Molendijk¹, Sara Ali², Kok P M van Kessel¹, Piet Aerts¹, Jos A G van Strijp¹, Carla J C de Haas¹, Jeroen Codée², Nina M van Sorge³

Affiliations

¹ University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
² Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
³ University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. nsorge3@umcutrecht.nl.

PMID: 31367020
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1416-8

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Cell Wall
Glycosylation
Humans
Methicillin
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Staphylococcal Infections*
Staphylococcus aureus / immunology
Vaccines*

Substances

Vaccines
Methicillin