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Divergent effects of mycobacterial cell wall glycolipids on maturation and function of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells by Mazurek, Jolanta, Ignatowicz, Lech, Kallenius, Gunilla, Svenson, Stefan B, Pawlowski, Andrzej, Hamasur, Beston

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is able to evade the immune defenses and may persist for years, decades and even lifelong in the infected host. Mtb cell wall…”
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Lipoarabinomannan, and its related glycolipids, induce divergent and opposing immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis depending on structural diversity and experimental variations by Källenius, Gunilla, Correia-Neves, Margarida, Buteme, Helen, Hamasur, Beston, Svenson, Stefan B

“…Summary Exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) may lead to active or latent tuberculosis, or clearance of Mtb, depending essentially on the quality of…”
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A sensitive urinary lipoarabinomannan test for tuberculosis by Hamasur, Beston, Bruchfeld, Judith, van Helden, Paul, Källenius, Gunilla, Svenson, Stefan

“…We have previously developed a diagnostic test for tuberculosis based on detection of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan (LAM) in urine. The method depended on a…”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Are Differentially Recognized by TLRs with an Impact on the Immune Response by Carmona, Jenny, Cruz, Andrea, Moreira-Teixeira, Lucia, Sousa, Carole, Sousa, Jeremy, Osorio, Nuno S, Saraiva, Ana L, Svenson, Stefan, Kallenius, Gunilla, Pedrosa, Jorge, Rodrigues, Fernando, Castro, Antonio G, Saraiva, Margarida

“…Tuberculosis associates with a wide spectrum of disease outcomes. The Beijing (Bj) lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is suggested to be more virulent…”
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EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS INFECTION IN WILD BOAR (SUS SCROFA) FROM PORTUGAL by Santos, Nuno, Correia-Neves, Margarida, Ghebremichael, Solomon, Kallenius, Gunilla, Svenson, Stefan B, Almeida, Virgilio

“…Tuberculosis has been diagnosed in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in several European countries during the last decade; however, almost no information has been…”
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Mycobacterial glycoconjugates as vaccine candidates against tuberculosis by Källenius, Gunilla, Pawlowski, Andrzej, Hamasur, Beston, Svenson, Stefan B

“…There is an urgent need for an efficient vaccine against tuberculosis. Here, we explore the potential role of carbohydrate antigens as part of a new…”
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Spread of Drug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Estonia by Krüüner, A, Hoffner, S E, Sillastu, H, Danilovits, M, Levina, K, Svenson, S B, Ghebremichael, S, Koivula, T, Källenius, G

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Mycobacterium tuberculosis arabinomannan–protein conjugates protect against tuberculosis by Hamasur, Beston, Haile, Melles, Pawlowski, Andrzej, Schröder, Ulf, Williams, Ann, Hatch, Graham, Hall, Graham, Marsh, Philip, Källenius, Gunilla, Svenson, Stefan B

“…Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) is a major structural surface component of mycobacteria. Arabinomannan (AM) oligosaccharides derived from LAM of Mycobacterium…”
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Molecular evidence of Plesiomonas shigelloides as a possible zoonotic agent by González-Rey, Carlos, Siitonen, Anja, Pavlova, Alona, Ciznar, Ivan, Svenson, Stefan B., Krovacek, Karel

“…The most frequently used method for establishing epidemiological relationships between Plesiomonas shigelloides strains is O:H serotyping. However, a number of…”
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Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis by detection of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan in urine by Hamasur, Beston, Bruchfeld, Judith, Haile, Melles, Pawlowski, Andrzej, Bjorvatn, Bjarne, Källenius, Gunilla, Svenson, Stefan B.

“…There is an urgent need for improved tools for laboratory diagnosis of active tuberculosis (TB). Here, we describe two methods, a catch-up ELISA and a dipstick…”
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Molecular Epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Invasive Disease in 5 Countries by Henriques, Birgitta, Kalin, Mats, Örtqvist, Åke, Liljequist, Barbro Olsson, Almela, Manuel, Marrie, Tom J., Mufson, Maurice A., Torres, Antonio, Woodhead, Mark A., Svenson, Stefan B., Källenius, Gunilla

“…A multicenter study was done during 1993–1995 to investigate prospectively the influence of several prognostic factors for predicting the risk of death among…”
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Towards new tuberculosis vaccine by Svenson, Stefan, Källenius, Gunilla, Pawlowski, Andrzej, Hamasur, Beston

“…According to WHO, about one third of the world's population is infected with bacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Currently there is globally…”
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Differentiation of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) strains by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis by Chansiripornchai, Niwat, Ramasoota, Pongrama, Sasipreeyajan, Jiroj, Svenson, Stefan B

“…Here we describe the application of a random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis for molecular genetic typing avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC)…”
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Synthesis and immunologic characterisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lipoarabinomannan specific oligosaccharide–protein conjugates by Hamasur, Beston, Källenius, Gunilla, Svenson, Stefan B

“…Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) is a major structural surface component of all mycobacteria, and has been reported to have a wide range of biological effects…”
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Serotypes and anti-microbial susceptibility of Plesiomonas shigelloides isolates from humans, animals and aquatic environments in different countries by González-Rey, Carlos, Svenson, Stefan B, Bravo, Laura, Siitonen, Anja, Pasquale, Vincenzo, Dumontet, Stefano, Ciznar, Ivan, Krovacek, Karel

“…A total of 73 strains of Plesiomonas shigelloides isolated from humans (24 strains) animals (21 strains) and aquatic environment (28 strains) were determined…”
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Preparation of pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines utilizing new fragmentation and conjugation technologies by Pawlowski, Andrzej, Källenius, Gunilla, Svenson, Stefan B

“…There is a global urgent need for a new efficient and inexpensive vaccine to combat pneumococcal disease, which should also be affordable in developing…”
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Unexpected finding of the tropical bacterial pathogen Plesiomonas shigelloides from lake water north of the Polar Circle by GONZALEZ-REY, Carlos, SVENSON, Stefan B, ERIKSSON, Laila M, CIZNAR, Ivan, KROVACEK, Karel

“…The occurrence of Plesiomonas shigelloides in fresh water from six lakes located north of the Polar Circle in the northern part of Sweden was investigated…”
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Genetic characterization of the Guinea-Bissau family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains by Koivula, Tuija, Ekman, Martin, Leitner, Thomas, Löfdahl, Sven, Ghebremicahel, Solomon, Mostowy, Serge, Behr, Marcel A., Svenson, Stefan B., Källenius, Gunilla

“…In a previous study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Guinea-Bissau in West Africa, we identified a unique group of strains, designated here…”
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Electron beam fragmentation of bacterial polysaccharides as a method of producing oligosaccharides for the preparation of conjugate vaccines by Pawlowski, Andrzej, Svenson, Stefan B

“…End-group mediated conjugation of bacterial polysaccharides (PSs) to carrier proteins containing T-helper cell epitopes renders such polysaccharides…”
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A new method of non-cross-linking conjugation of polysaccharides to proteins via thioether bonds for the preparation of saccharide–protein conjugate vaccines by Pawlowski, Andrzej, Källenius, Gunilla, Svenson, Stefan B

“…Bacterial polysaccharides, including capsular polysaccharides, are poor immunogens particularly in young infants. However, conjugation of bacterial…”
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