Article
Mucosal and parenteral vaccination against acute and latent murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) infection by using an attenuated MCMV mutant.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 1998
MacDonald M R, Li X Y, Stenberg R M, Campbell A E, Virgin H W
Abstract excerpt
We used a live attenuated murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) mutant to analyze mechanisms of vaccination against acute and latent CMV infection. We selected MCMV mutant RV7 as a vaccine candidate since this virus grows well in tissue culture but is profoundly attenuated for growth in normal and severe...
Topics
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes
- CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Female
- Herpesviridae Infections
- Humans
- Immunity, Mucosal
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Muromegalovirus
- Mutation
- Receptors, Interferon
- Spleen
- Vaccination
- Vaccines, Attenuated
