| Literature DB >> 15780742 |
Kerrie Vaughan1, Gary H Rhodes, Laurel J Gershwin.
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A DNA vaccine was tested in infant Rhesus macaques to evaluate its safety, immunogenicity and protective efficacy. Monkeys were vaccinated and challenged with a clinical isolate of human RSV. Vaccinated animals developed humoral and cellular responses following inoculation with plasmid DNA encoding the fusion (F) and nucleoprotein (N), from closely related bovine RSV. Vaccinated monkeys had decreased RSV in their lungs post-infection, and there was a qualitative difference in histopathology observed between vaccinated and unvaccinated animals. The combined result of safety and immunogenicity in a neonatal primate model is encouraging, suggesting the feasibility of DNA vaccines against RSV in infants.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15780742 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.10.046
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vaccine ISSN: 0264-410X Impact factor: 3.641