pneumolysoid

English

Etymology

pneumolysin +‎ -oid

Noun

pneumolysoid (plural pneumolysoids)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a group of recombinant mutant proteins related to pneumolysin.
   • 2016 January 14, “Efficacy of PPV23 in Preventing Pneumococcal Pneumonia in Adults at Increased Risk – A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     To our best knowledge, a validation of pneumolysoid B as a replacement for the PLY antigen in the EIA to detect anti-PLY IgG has never been published.