Intradermal Immunization with Wall Teichoic Acid (WTA) Elicits and Augments an Anti-WTA IgG Response that Protects Mice from Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection Independent of Mannose-Binding Lectin Status

• Kazue Takahashi ,

  * E-mail: ktakahashi1@partners.org

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts , United States of America

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• Kenji Kurokawa,

  Affiliation National Research Laboratory of Defense Proteins, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

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• Patience Moyo,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts , United States of America

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• Dong-Jun Jung,

  Affiliation National Research Laboratory of Defense Proteins, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

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• Jang-Hyun An,

  Affiliation National Research Laboratory of Defense Proteins, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

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• Lorencia Chigweshe,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts , United States of America

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• Elahna Paul,

  Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts , United States of America, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts , United States of America

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• Bok Luel Lee

  Affiliation National Research Laboratory of Defense Proteins, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

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