Streptococcus pneumonia is an encapsulated bacteria with a polysaccharide capsule an essential factor in virulence. About 90 distinct pneumococcal serotypes have been identified throughout the world, ...

A molecule that plays a key role in bacterial communication and infection has been identified by a research group at Carnegie Mellon University. Their findings add a new word to pneumococcus' ...

A University of Illinois at Chicago biologist is part of a team that has successfully sequenced the complete genome of a virulent strain of pneumococcus. The discovery may prove useful in combating ...

Vaccines that protect people from infection by Streptococcus pneumoniae, which kills up to one million children ever year worldwide, train the immune system to recognize the pathogen’s thick sugar ...

The pneumococcal or pneumonia vaccine for children is included in the vaccination program of 70 percent of the world, and soon Iranian children will be able to receive this vaccine produced in the ...

From good hygiene practices to updates in the National Adult Immunisation Schedule, experts stress that prevention is key to lowering the risk of this bacterial infection.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than half of patients aged 65 years or older at a health system in Nebraska were undervaccinated for ...

Identifying new capsules could help keep up with the rapidly changing Pneumococcus and update vaccines that can save lives, according to the Microbiologist Moon Nahm, M.D., who led the study, ...

Scientists are developing a new nasal spray that will tackle the bacteria pneumococcus. The product could help prevent deadly illnesses including pneumonia, blood poisoning and meningitis and benefit ...

Researchers have identified a molecule that plays a key role in bacterial communication and infection. Their findings add a new word to pneumococcus' molecular dictionary and may lead to novel ways to ...

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a molecule that plays a key role in bacterial communication and infection. Their findings add a new word to pneumococcus' molecular dictionary ...