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Antibodies Are Required for Complete Vaccine-Induced Protection against Herpes Simplex Virus 2.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Halford William P, Geltz Joshua, Messer Ronald J, Hasenkrug Kim J
Abstract excerpt
Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) 0ΔNLS is a live HSV-2 ICP0- mutant vaccine strain that is profoundly attenuated in vivo due to its interferon-hypersensitivity. Recipients of the HSV-2 0ΔNLS vaccine are resistant to high-dose HSV-2 challenge as evidenced by profound reductions in challenge virus spread, shedding, disease and mortality. In the current study, we investigated the requirements for HSV-2 0ΔNLS...
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