This invention relates to the identification of a human complement C3 binding polypeptide and the nucleic acid which encodes the polypeptide from Streptococcus agalactiae. The polypeptide binds C3 and may be implicated in S. agalactiae adhesion and/or virulence. The polypeptide is conserved in mass in a variety of streptococcal isolates and is recognized by antibodies produced by humans exposed to or colonized with Group B Streptococcus.

 
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