Article
Replication-defective mutants of herpes simplex virus (HSV) induce cellular immunity and protect against lethal HSV infection.
Journal of virology - 1 Dec 1992
Nguyen L H, Knipe D M, Finberg R W
Abstract excerpt
Live viruses and live virus vaccines induce cellular immunity more readily than do inactivated viruses or purified proteins, but the mechanism by which this process occurs is unknown. A trivial explanation would relate to the ability of live viruses to spread and infect more cells than can inactivated virus. We have used live but replication-defective mutants to investigate this question. Our studies indicate...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Genes, Viral
- Immediate-Early Proteins
- Immunity, Cellular
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mutation
- Simplexvirus
- Spleen
