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Development of a candidate multi-epitope vaccine against Sphingobacterium spiritivorum

Reverse vaccinology and immunoinformatics approach

Mubarak A. Alamri
Saudi Medical Journal June 2023, 44 (6) 544-559; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.6.20220733

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