Vpma phase variation is important for survival and persistence of Mycoplasma agalactiae in the immunocompetent host.

PLoS Pathog · 2017 · PMC5634654 · PMID 28957426

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Vpma phase variation plays a role in host immune evasion Among various strategies used by pathogens to persist in the immunocompetent hosts, evasion of host defence reactions by antigenic variation is quite significant [ 8 , 31 , 32 ].

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