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Protection Afforded by an HIV Vaccine Candidate in Macaques Depends on the Dose of SIV<sub>mac251</sub>at Challenge Exposure
17 Jan 2013
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We used the simian immunodeficiency virus mac251 (SIV(mac251)) macaque model to study the effect of the dose of mucosal exposure on vaccine efficacy. We immunized macaques with a DNA prime followed by SIV gp120 protein immunization with ALVAC-SIV and gp120 in alum, and we challenged them with SIV(mac251) at either a single high dose or at two repeated low-dose exposures to a 10-fold-lower dose. Infection was...
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