A multi-component prime-boost vaccination regimen with a consensus MOMP antigen enhances Chlamydia trachomatis clearance

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue APR, 2016, Pages

  Badamchi Zadeh, Alexander ^a,e   McKay, Paul F ^a   Korber, Bette T ^b   Barinaga, Guillermo ^a   Walters, Adam A ^a,f   Nunes, Alexandra ^c   Gomes, João Paulo ^c   Follmann, Frank ^d   Tregoning, John S ^a   Shattock, Robin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenovirus vector vaccines; Chlamydia trachomatis; Consensus; DNA vaccines; Mosaic; MVA vector vaccines; Prime boost regimens

Indexed keywords

PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; RECOMBINANT MAJOR OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BIOINFORMATICS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA IMMUNIZATION; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS 5; IMMUNOGENICITY; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VAGINA SMEAR;

EID: 84967144670     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00162     Document Type: Article

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