DNA-mediated immunization to hepatitis B surface antigen: Longevity of primary response and effect of boost

Vaccine

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 910-915

  Davis, Heather L ^a,b   Mancini, Maryline ^c   Michel, Marie Louise ^c   Whalen, Robert G ^c,d  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Anti HBs; Direct gene transfer; DNA vaccination; HBsAg; Hepatitis B; Humoral response; Plasmid DNA

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030174678     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0264-410X(95)00255-Y     Document Type: Article

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