Progress in purification technologies and detection methods for bacterial capsular polysaccharide

Bacterial capsular polysaccharide has good immunogenicity and is a major antigen to induce effective immune response,as well as can be used in preparation of polysaccharide vaccines and polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines.This review discusses progress in purification technologies and detection methods of bacterial capsular polysaccharide. Key words: Polysaccharides, bacterial;  Vaccines;  Purification ;  Detection