Immunization with Toscana virus N-Gc proteins protects mice against virus challenge

Virology

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 521-528

  Gori Savellini, Gianni ^a   Di Genova, Giuseppa ^a   Terrosi, Chiara ^a   Di Bonito, Paola ^b   Giorgi, Colomba ^b   Valentini, Melissa ^a   Docquier, Jean Denis ^a   Cusi, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Envelope glycoprotein; Nucleocapsid protein; Toscana virus; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOSCANA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXICITY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEINS; PHLEBOTOMUS FEVER; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; SPLEEN; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRAL VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; MUS; TOSCANA VIRUS;

EID: 43249085672     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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