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Carbohydrate-based Clostridium difficile vaccines

Mario A Monteiro University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada. [email protected]; University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada. [email protected]
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Zuchao Ma University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada; University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Lisa Bertolo University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada; University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Yuening Jiao University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada; University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Luis Arroyo University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada; University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Douglas Hodgins University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada; University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Michael Mallozzi University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Gayatri Vedantam University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA; University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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Martin Sagermann Stellar Biotechnologies Inc., Port Hueneme, CA 93401, USA; Stellar Biotechnologies Inc., Port Hueneme, CA 93401, USA
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John Sundsmo Stellar Biotechnologies Inc., Port Hueneme, CA 93401, USA; Stellar Biotechnologies Inc., Port Hueneme, CA 93401, USA
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Herbert Chow Stellar Biotechnologies Inc., Port Hueneme, CA 93401, USA; Stellar Biotechnologies Inc., Port Hueneme, CA 93401, USA
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Pages 421-431 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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