abstract |
The present invention relates to a method of synthesizing a rhamnose polysaccharide. The invention also relates to a synthetic streptococcal polysaccharide, a streptococcal glycoconjugate, an immunogenic composition or vaccine comprising the streptococcoal polysaccharide or glycoconjugate and the polysaccharide, glycoconjugate, immunogenic composition or vaccine for use in raising an immune response in an animal or for use in treating or preventing a disease, condition or infection with a streptococcal aetiology. |