Pneumococcal vaccines are effective in preventing pneumococcal diseases in adults. The evaluation of the antibodies persistence to the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV23) could provi
To determine optimal strategies to induce specific-antibody-secreting cells (specific ASC) in the rectal and vaginal mucosae, we immunized monkeys with a prototype mucosal immunogen, cholera toxin (CT
Influenza virus infection was previously found to alter the promoter DNA methylation of key immune response-related genes, including type-1 interferons and proinflammatory cytokines. However, less is
This study aims to examine the prevalence of nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage (NSPC) in infants during their first two years of life and to compare the carriage rates among different v