Safety and immunogenicity of the MRKAd5 gag HIV type 1 vaccine in a worldwide phase 1 study of healthy adults

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 557-567

  Nicholson, Ouzama ^a,b   Dicandilo, Fay ^a,b   Kublin, James ^c   Sun, Xiao ^a,b   Quirk, Erin ^a,b   Miller, Michelle ^a,b   Gray, Glenda ^d   Pape, Jean ^e   Robertson, Michael N ^a,b   Mehrotra, Devan V ^a,b   Self, Steven ^c   Turner, Katherine ^c   Sanchez, Jorge ^f,g   Pitisuttithum, Punnee ^h   Duerr, Ann ^c,i   Dubey, Sheri ^a,b   Kierstead, Lisa ^a,b   Casimiro, Danilo ^a,b   Hammer, Scott M ^j  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f ASOCIACIÓN CIVIL IMPACTA SALUD Y EDUCACIÓN   (Peru)

^g Investigaciones Medicas en Salud   (Peru)

^h MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ANTIBODY; GAG PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS VACCINE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BACKACHE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFLUENZA; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INJECTION SITE SWELLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYALGIA; NORTH AMERICA; NOSE CONGESTION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; RHINORRHEA; SEROPREVALENCE; SORE THROAT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION;

EID: 79955774295     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2010.0151     Document Type: Article

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