An avian influenza vaccine for humans targeting the polymerase B2 protein inside the capsid instead of hemagglutinin or neuramidase on the virus surface

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 975-977

  Gillis, John Stuart ^a  

^a ST THOMAS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; ASPARTYLTHREONYLVALYLGLUTAMYLISOLEUCYLISOLEUCYLLYSYLLEUCYLLEUCINE; HEMAGGLUTININ; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A26 ANTIGEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; NEURAMIDASE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POLYMERASE B2; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGORITHM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; STIMULATION; VIRUS CAPSID;

CAPSID PROTEINS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG DESIGN; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NEURAMINIDASE; VIRAL VACCINES;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 32144458636     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

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