Fusing subunit antigens to interleukin-2 and encapsulating them in liposomes improves their antigenicity but not their protective efficacy

Vaccine

Volumn 23, Issue 17-18, 2005, Pages 2339-2341

  Wales, J R ^a   Baird, M A ^a   Davies, N M ^b   Buchan, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interleukin 2; Liposomes; Subunit influenza vaccines

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIPOSOME; SUBUNIT VACCINE; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; VIRUS HEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENICITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; ENCAPSULATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLUENZA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 14844327749     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.01.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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