| Literature DB >> 19339477 |
Inger K Damon1, Whitni B Davidson1, Christine M Hughes1, Victoria A Olson1, Scott K Smith1, Robert C Holman1, Sharon E Frey2, Frances Newman2, Robert B Belshe2, Lihan Yan3, Kevin Karem1.
Abstract
The search for a 'third'-generation smallpox vaccine has resulted in the development and characterization of several vaccine candidates. A significant barrier to acceptance is the absence of challenge models showing induction of correlates of protective immunity against variola virus. In this light, virus neutralization provides one of few experimental methods to show specific 'in vitro' activity of vaccines against variola virus. Here, we provide characterization of the ability of a modified vaccinia virus Ankara vaccine to induce variola virus-neutralizing antibodies, and we provide comparison with the neutralization elicited by standard Dryvax vaccination.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19339477 PMCID: PMC2887573 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.010553-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Virol ISSN: 0022-1317 Impact factor: 3.891