I'm a little bit confused here. Vaccines for nisseria are aimed at the capsules. SO this means that if the capsule changes, the vaccine will also need to be changed.
I was reading somethig in UWorld and I came across that nisseria also changes the antigens in its Pilus (which it uses for infection). Is there a vaccine against the pilus, or is it just a vaccine against the capsule? Aren't both, the Pilus and the Capsule picked up as antigens by the body?
I was reading somethig in UWorld and I came across that nisseria also changes the antigens in its Pilus (which it uses for infection). Is there a vaccine against the pilus, or is it just a vaccine against the capsule? Aren't both, the Pilus and the Capsule picked up as antigens by the body?