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ArticleImmunologic research1999

Vaccine strategies to prevent rheumatic fever.

E R Brandt, M F Good

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Article in Immunologic research, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

E R BrandtMolecular Immunology Laboratory, The Co-operative Centre for Vaccine Technology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research. michaelG@qimr.edu.au
M F Good
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Group A streptococci (GAS) are responsible for numerous human illnesses, ranging from pharyngitis to severe invasive infections, such as necrotizing fascitis and toxic shock syndrome to the postinfectious sequelae, acute rheumatic fever (ARF), and glomerulonephritis. To date, to develop a vaccine, studies have focused on the M protein. However, designing a vaccine to prevent GAS infection based on this molecule has been hampered by the vast number of M protein serotypes and the possibility that it may induce potentially harmful autoimmune reactions. In this article, the authors discuss recent approaches to overcoming the problems of an M protein-based vaccine. In addition, recent studies identifying the protective properties of other streptococcal antigens and their potential as vaccine candidates are discussed.

Indexed as

Bacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinsBacterial VaccinesCarrier ProteinsHumansMiceMolecular Sequence DataRheumatic FeverStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pyogenesVaccinationAntigens, BacterialBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsBacterial VaccinesCarrier Proteinsstreptococcal M protein

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PMID10374697
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