TY - JOUR AU - Hyams, Catherine AU - Opel, Sophia AU - Hanage, William AU - Yuste, Jose Enrique AU - Bax, Katie AU - Henriques-Normark, Birgitta AU - Spratt, Brian G AU - Brown, Jeremy S PY - 2011 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0024581 SN - 1932-6203 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/7067 AB - BACKGROUND: Immunity to infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is dependent on complement. There are wide variations in sensitivity to complement between S. pneumoniae strains that could affect their ability to cause invasive infections.... LA - eng PB - Public Library of Science (PLOS) KW - Antibodies, Bacterial KW - Bacterial Capsules KW - Complement C1q KW - Complement System Proteins KW - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay KW - Flow Cytometry KW - Humans KW - Immunoglobulin G KW - Neutrophils KW - Protein Binding KW - Serotyping KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae TI - Effects of Streptococcus pneumoniae strain background on complement resistance TY - journal article ER -