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Protection against genital herpes infection in mice immunized under different hormonal conditions correlates with induction of vagina-associated lymphoid tissue.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2005
Gillgrass Amy E, Tang Vera A, Towarnicki Kate M, Rosenthal Kenneth L, Kaushic Charu
Abstract excerpt
The present study was undertaken to examine the effect of the hormonal environment on immunization with an attenuated strain of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2 TK(-)) and subsequent protection against challenge. Ovariectomized mice were administered saline (S; control), estradiol (E(2)), progesterone (P(4)), or a combination of estradiol and progesterone (E+P) and immunized intravaginally (IVAG) with HSV-2...
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