Vaccine Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 3rd, 1997

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Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - CD4 Count Still Best Marker of Immune Function

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Hope Dims for Therapeutic Use of Env-Based HIV Vaccines

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - MAC Vaccine Enters Trials in HIV⁺ Adults, Children

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - TB Vaccination or Infection Down-Regulates Specific Subset of T Cells

Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - Th2 Cytokines Linked to Poor Anti-HIV CTL Response in Children

Colorectal Cancer - Patient Enrollment in Phase II Vaccine Trial Completed

Human Papillomavirus - Physicians Begin Testing First HPV Vaccine

Immunotherapy (Melanoma) - Vaccines Engineered to Secrete IL-2 or gammaIFN Show Anticancer Potential

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Collaboration Extended To Develop Cancer Vaccines

Plasmodium falciparum (Immunology) - Existence of Malaria Superantigen Appears Unlikely

Therapy (GBC-590) - Lead Carbohydrate Compound Trials To Prevent Metastasis Begin

Genetic Domain (HBV) - "New Mutational Hot-Spot in Hepatitis B Virus DNA: Coincides with T-Cell Domain of Residue 28-51."

Malaria Vaccines - "Antibody Response to a T Cell Dependent Vaccine in Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis: Evidence for a Humoral Immune Deficiency."

Malaria Vaccines - "Influence of the Multiantigen Malaria Vaccine Candidate NYVAC-PF7 on the T Cell Populations in the Liver of the Rhesus Monkey, Macaca mulatta."

Malaria Vaccines - "Sera from a Malaria Endemic Region Demonstrates Specific and Cross-Reactive Antibodies to a Recombinant Form Of Plasmodium Falciparum Antigen Rap-1."

Pathogenesis (T. Cruzi) - "Identification of the 83-kDa Amastigote Surface Protein of Trypanosoma cruzi as a Member of the Sialidase Family and a Target of CTL Responses."

Adult Immunization - "Influenza and Tetanus Immunization."

Animal Studies - "Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis and Vaccination-Induced Resistance in DA Rats."

Cancer Vaccines - "Intranasal Immunization with CTL Epitope Peptides from HIV-1 or Ovalbumin and the Mucosal Adjuvant Cholera Toxin Induces Peptide-Specific CTLs and Protection Against Tumor Development in vivo."

Cholera - "Field Trial of a Locally Produced, Killed, Oral Cholera Vaccine in Vietnam."

HBV Vaccines - "Hepatitis B Vaccination in Diabetic Patients: Randomized Trial Comparing Recombinant Vaccines Containing and Not Containing pre-S2 Antigen."

HIV Vaccines - "Antagonism of Vaccine-Induced HIV-1-Specific CD4⁺ T Cells by Primary HIV-1 Infection: Potential Mechanism of Vaccine Failure."

HIV Vaccines - "In vivo Engineering of a Cellular Immune Response by Coadministration of IL-12 Expression Vector with a DNA Immunogen."

HTLV-I - "Long-Term Persistence of Protective Immunity in Cynomolgus Monkeys Immunized with a Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Expressing the Human T Cell Leukaemia Virus Type I Envelope Gene."

Immunogenetics - "IMGT, the International ImMunoGeneTics Database."

Immunology - "Induction of Antigen-Presenting Capacity in Tumor Cells upon Infection with Non-Replicating Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Encoding Murine MHC Class II and Costimulatory Molecules."

Influenza - "Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers: Evaluation of Factors That Are Important in Acceptance."

Japanese Encephalitis - "Poxvirus-Based Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine Candidates Induce JE Virus-Specific CD8⁺ Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes in Mice."

Liposomes - "Sterically Stabilized Ph-Sensitive Liposomes - Intracellular Delivery of Aqueous Contents and Prolonged Circulation in vivo."

Melanoma - "Rejection of a Nonimmunogenic Melanoma by Vaccination with Natural Melanoma Peptides on Engineered Antigen-Presenting Cells."

Pediatrics - "Computer-Generated Recall Letters for Underimmunized Children: How Cost-Effective?"

Pediatrics - "Cumulative Incidence of Childhood-Onset IDDM Is Unaffected by Pertussis Immunization."

Pediatrics - "Factors Associated with Unnecessary Immunization Given to Children."

Pediatrics - "Safety and Immunogenicity of Chiron/Biocine(R) Recombinant Acellular Pertussis-Diphtheria-Tetanus Vaccine in Infants and Toddlers."

Rubella Virus - "Evaluation of a New Enzyme Immunoassay Based on Recombinant Rubella Virus-Like Particles for Detection of Immunoglobulin M Antibodies to Rubella Virus."

Statistical Analysis - "Optimal Vaccination Strategies - For Whom?."

Statistical Analysis - "Optimal Vaccination Strategies for a Community of Households."

Vaccine Development - "Engineering of Cholera Toxin A-Subunit for Carriage of Epitopes at Its Amino End."

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