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<i>Shigella flexneri</i> 2a Strain CVD 1207, with Specific Deletions in <i>virG</i> , <i>sen</i> , <i>set</i> , and <i>guaBA</i> , Is Highly Attenuated in Humans
1 Mar 2000
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A phase 1 clinical trial was conducted among 35 healthy adult volunteers to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity, and shedding of different doses of CVD 1207, a live attenuated Shigella flexneri 2a vaccine candidate with specific deletion mutations in virG, sen, set, and guaBA. CVD 1207 retains the ability to invade epithelial cells but cannot effectively spread intercellularly after invasion (DeltavirG), does not...
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