Live attenuated influenza virus expressing human interleukin-2 reveals increased immunogenic potential in young and aged hosts

Journal of Virology

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 11621-11627

  Ferko, Boris ^a   Kittel, Christian ^a   Romanova, Julia ^a   Sereinig, Sabine ^a   Katinger, Hermann ^a   Egorov, Andrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIVE VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS STRAIN;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; DEFECTIVE VIRUSES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; VACCINES, ATTENUATED; VERO CELLS;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 33751249058     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01645-06     Document Type: Article

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