Table 1

Vaccination and Immune Protection: HLA-DQ8/human CD4 Transgenic Mice

Vaccination1

Challenge Survival2


SpeA (L42R)

100%

SpeA (L42R)-SpeB (C47S)

100%

Adjuvant only

0%


1Vaccinations at 0, 2 and 4 weeks (3 doses) with 10 μg of SpeA (L42R) or SpeA (L42R)-SpeB (C47S) in adjuvant or adjuvant only.

2Percent mice surviving wild-type SpeA challenge, 5 LD50 per mouse 2 weeks after last vaccination. 5 mice per group SpeA (L42R) and adjuvant only control; 4 mice for SpeA (L42R)-SpeB (C47S) vaccination. Experiments were performed twice with identical results.

Ulrich Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines 2008 6:8   doi:10.1186/1476-8518-6-8

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