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Maternal immunization with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in the Philippines by Quiambao, B.P., Nohynek, H., Käyhty, H., Ollgren, J., Gozum, L., Gepanayao, C.P., Soriano, V., Mäkela, P.H.

“…A randomized, controlled study was conducted to evaluate the immunogenicity and reactogenicity of the 23-valent pneumococcal (Pnc) polysaccharide (PS) vaccine…”
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Characterization of the lipopolysaccharide from the polymyxin-resistant pmrA mutants of Salmonella typhimurium by Vaara, M., Vaara, T., Jensen, M., Helander, I., Nurminen, M., Rietschel, E.Th, Mäkelä, P.H.

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Modelling multi-type transmission of pneumococcal carriage in Bangladeshi families by ERÄSTÖ, P., HOTI, F., GRANAT, S. M., MIA, Z., MÄKELÄ, P.H., AURANEN, K.

“…The burden of pneumococcal carriage is largest in developing countries from which, however, detailed studies on pneumococcal transmission are missing. In this…”
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Serological evidence of an association of a novel Chlamydia, TWAR, with chronic coronary heart disease and acute myocardial infarction by Saikku, P, Leinonen, M, Mattila, K, Ekman, M R, Nieminen, M S, Mäkelä, P H, Huttunen, J K, Valtonen, V

“…Paired sera from 40 male patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), 30 male patients with chronic coronary heart disease (CCHD), and 41 controls, matched…”
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The effect of long term tetracycline treatment for acne vulgaris on the occurrence of R factors in the intestinal flora of man by Valtonen, M V, Valtonen, V V, Salo, O P, Mäkelä, P H

“…R factors are known to be the most important mechanism of antimicrobial resistance of intestinal flora. Short courses with therapeutic doses (1000 mg/day) of…”
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Different profiles of the human immune response to primary and secondary immunization with an oral Salmonella typhi Ty21a vaccine by Kantele, A, Mäkelä, P H

“…Human immune response to a secondary immunization by the oral route was studied by enumerating specific antibody-secreting cells (ASC) in the peripheral blood,…”
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Immunization with meningococcal class 1 outer membrane protein produced in Bacillus subtilis and reconstituted in the presence of Zwittergent or Triton X-100 by Idänpään-Heikkilä, Ilona, Wahlström, E., Muttilainen, S., Nurminen, M., Käyhty, H., Sarvas, M., Mäkelä, P.H.

“…Vaccines againt group B meningococcal infection tested in several field trials have all been extracts of the outer membrane of the bacteria. We have developed…”
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The genus-specific antigen of Chlamydia: resemblance to the lipopolysaccharide of enteric bacteria [Pathogens of man and many animals] by Nurminen, M, Leinonen, M, Saikku, P, Makela, P.H

“…A strong immunological cross-reaction between a major glycolipid antigen of Chlamydia and the innermost (Re) core of the lipopolysaccharide of enteric bacteria…”
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Active immunity is seen as a reduction in the cell response to oral live vaccine by Kantele, A, Kantele, J M, Arvilommi, H, Mäkelä, P H

“…Oral immunization elicits a response of antibody-secreting cells (ASC) in the peripheral blood; these cells are believed to originate in the mucosa and hence…”
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Comparison of the human immune response to live oral, killed oral or killed parenteral Salmonella typhi TY21A vaccines by Kantele, A, Arvilommi, H, Kantele, J M, Rintala, L, Mäkelä, P H

“…The live oral typhoid vaccine Ty21a has proved to confer protection against the disease at least as effectively as killed parenteral vaccines, whereas killed…”
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A novel virulence‐associated cell surface structure composed of 47‐kd protein subunits in Yersinia enterocolitica by Zaleska, M., Lounatmaa, K., Nurminen, M., Wahlström, E., Mäkelä, P.H.

“…A fresh human isolate of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype 03, and its derivative that had lost the virulence‐associated 46‐Md plasmid, were grown under defined…”
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Alternative complement pathway activation by Salmonella O polysaccharide as a virulence determinant in the mouse by Saxén, H, Reima, I, Mäkelä, P H

“…The quality of Salmonella O polysaccharide (the O antigen) is a virulence factor in mouse salmonellosis. It affects the rate by which these bacteria are…”
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Chlamydia TWAR and acute myocardial infarction

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Evidence for the importance of O antigen specific antibodies in mouse-protective Salmonella outer membrane protein (porin) antisera by Saxén, H, Nurminen, M, Kuusi, N, Svenson, S B, Mäkelä, P H

“…The antibodies responsible for the protective effect of sera obtained by immunizing rabbits with the major outer membrane protein porin of Salmonella…”
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Secondary cases of invasive disease caused by spread of Haemophilus influenzae type b by Eskola, J, Takala, A, Käyhty, H, Leinonen, M, Kilpi, T, Peltola, H, Mäkelä, P H

“…Three 6-year-old girls were admitted to hospital within a period of 9 days because of invasive disease caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Two days…”
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Combined therapy of Salmonella infection in chickens by antimicrobial agents followed by cultured cecal bacteria by Seuna, E, Schneitz, C, Nurmi, E

“…Week-old chickens infected with Salmonella infantis when one day old were treated with antimicrobial drugs either given alone or followed by peroral…”
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