Pneumococcus adapts to the sickle cell host.

Pneumococcus adapts to the sickle cell host. Cell Host Microbe. 2014 May 14;15(5):521-3 Authors: Mitchell TJ, Mitchell AM Abstract Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) have significantly increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Carter et al. (2014) report that pneumococcal strains from SCD children have genetic mutations associated with the unique SCD environment, which need to be considered in developing new vaccines. PMID: 24832446 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Cell Host and Microbe - May 14, 2014 Category: Microbiology Authors: Mitchell TJ, Mitchell AM Tags: Cell Host Microbe Source Type: research