| abstract |
The present invention refers to conjugate antigens expressing built-in multiple epitopes and to polyvalent glycoconjugate vaccines and formulations containing the same. In addition, the present invention concerns the use of these vaccines in particular for the protection of the human population, and in particular for the protection of the paediatric population from pulmonary and systemic infections due to S.pneumoniae, N.meningitidis, H.influenzae, K. pneumoniae, M. tuberculosis, S. aureus, or from intestinal infections due to S. typhi, V. cholerae and E. coli. The present invention additionally refers to polyvalent glycoconjugate vaccines for the protection from C. albicans and E. coli systemic and genitourinary infections or for the protection from M. bovis infections in veterinary medicine. |