Optimizing HIV-1-specific CD8+ T-cell induction by recombinant BCG in prime-boost regimens with heterologous viral vectors

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3542-3552

  Hopkins, Richard ^a   Bridgeman, Anne ^a   Bourne, Charles ^b   Mbewe Mvula, Alice ^a   Sadoff, Jerald C ^b,e   Both, Gerald W ^c   Joseph, Joan ^d   Fulkerson, John ^b   Hanke, Tomáš ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AERAS   (United States)

^c Riverside Life Sciences Building   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BCG; HIV; Mother to child transmission; Prime boost; T cells; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ATADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BCG VACCINE; PLASMID DNA; POXVIRUS VECTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL KILLING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 82255164205     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201141962     Document Type: Article

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