COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a composition for treating or preventing pneumococcal infection.

SOLUTION: The anti-pneumococcal composition is an expression vector containing a promoter operable to a nucleic acid sequence encoding individual polypeptides of autolysin, surface protein (A) and pneumolysin of Streptococcus pneumonia. There is further provided a method for inducing an anti-pneumococcal immune response by administering an active amount of the vector to a mammal.

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