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Vaccine Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . February 17th, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

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Conference Coverage (Hepatitis) - Therapeutic Vaccines Offer Promise for Chronic HBV

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Disappointing Results With Vaccine/AZT Combination

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Naked-DNA HIV Vaccine Safe in First Human Trials

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - New Tricks For Old Vaccine

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Routine Vaccination Does Not Affect HIV

Acellular Pertussis - Vaccine Recommendations for Use in Infants Applauded

Breast Cancer - Cooperative Research Efforts Announced To Develop Vaccine

Human Papillomavirus - Clinical Trial Begins with HPV Vaccine Candidate

Influenza - U.S. Flu Vaccine Decision Delayed, Outbreak Waning

Internet - Mediconsult.com Launches Virtual Medical Clinic

Lyme Disease - Successful Vaccine Trial Completed

Meningitis - Trial Shows Promising Results in Vaccine Development

Pathogenesis (HIV) - Primary Immune Response Predicts Disease Progression

Pediatrics - Infanrix Acellular DTP Vaccine More Effective Than Whole-Cell DTP

Pneumonia - U.S. Says Too Few Elderly Vaccinated

Polio - Vaccine Poses No Risk Says Canadian Expert

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Abrogated or Decreased Tumorigenicity and Metastasis Induced by Retroviral-Mediated B7.1 Gene Transfer on Murine Tumors with Different Immunogenicity."

Antisense Therapy (HIV) - "Better Protection Against HIV Infection by Dual Function Retroviral Vectors."

Cancer Vaccines - "Antitumor Immunity Induced by Retroviral-Mediated Allogeneic Major Histocompatibility Complex Class in Gene Transfer in Murine Tumor Models."

Cancer Vaccines - "Ex Vivo Stimulation and Culture of Antigen Specific T-Cell Populations Using Peptide or Gene Modified Dendritic Cells for the Treatment of Malignancies."

Diagnostics (HAV) - "New Antigenic Domains of the Hepatitis A Virus Polyprotein: Possible Diagnostic Application."

HBV Vaccine - "Hepatitis B Vaccine in Hemodialysis Role of Hepatitis C Virus Infection."

Infection Control (TB) - "Tuberculosis Surveillance with Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) in Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccinated Patients."

Prophylaxis (HIV) - "Vaccination for the Person with HIV Infection."

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin - "Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Mycobacteria Stimulate Human Blood Dendritic Cells."

Cancer Vaccines - "Identification of Naturally Processed Human Ovarian Peptides Recognized by Tumor-Associated CD8+ Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes."

Contraception - "Antibody Responses and Infertility in Mice Following Oral Immunization with Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium Expressing Recombinant Murine ZP3."

Epidemiology (HIV) - "Presence of Multiple Non-B Subtypes and Divergent Subtype B Strains of HIV-1 in Individuals Infected after Overseas Deployment."

HIV Vaccines - "HIV-1-Specific Cell-Mediated Immunity Is Enhanced by Co-Inoculation of TCA3 Expression Plasmid with DNA Vaccine."

Herpes Simplex Virus - "A Genetically Inactivated Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) Vaccine Provides Effective Protection Against Primary and Recurrent HSV-2 Disease."

Immunology - "Vaccination with a Multi-Epitopic Recombinant Allergen Induces Specific Immune Deviation Via T-Cell Anergy."

Immunotherapy - "Dendritic Epidermal T-Cell Involvement in Induction of CD8+ T Cell-Mediated Immunity Against an Ultraviolet Radiation-Induced Skin Tumor."

Influenza - "Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers in Long-Term-Care Hospitals Reduces the Mortality of Elderly Patients."

Lyme Disease - "An OspA-Based DNA Vaccine Protects Mice Against Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi."

Measles - "Decline in Measles Case Fatality Ratio after the Introduction of Measles Immunization in Rural Senegal."

Mucosal Immunization - "Development of Antibody-Secreting Cells and Antigen-Specific T Cells in Cervical Lymph Nodes after Intranasal Immunization."

Pneumococcal - "Comparison of Pneumococcal Polysaccharide and CRM(197) Conjugated Pneumococcal Oligosaccharide Vaccines in Young and Elderly Adults."

Schistosoma mansoni - "Developmental Differences Determine Larval Susceptibility to Nitric Oxide-Mediated Killing in a Murine Model of Vaccination Against Schistosoma mansoni."

Transmission (HIV) - "An Association Between HIV-1 Subtypes and Mode of Transmission in Cape Town, South Africa."

Vaccine Development - "Display of Heterologous Proteins on the Surface of Microorganisms: From the Screening of Combinatorial Libraries to Live Recombinant Vaccines."

Vector Development - "Adenovirus Dodecahedron, A New Vector for Human Gene Transfer."

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