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Vaccine Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . January 22nd, 2003

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Diabetes Vaccine - Neurologic disorders not associated with MMR vaccination

Pediatric Vaccine - Robust immune response to DNA vaccine found in infants

Hepatitis E Virus - DNA vaccine protects macaques against viral infection

Herpesvirus Vaccine - Vaccine prevents genital HSV infection in seronegative women but not in men

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Vaccine may prevent cervical cancer

Pleural Mesothelioma - Exposure to contaminated poliovirus vaccine not likely linked to rare cancer

Pneumococcal Disease - Single dose of 9-valent conjugate vaccine induces immunogenicity in children

AIDS Vaccines - Cell-based vaccine counteracts virus in monkeys

Allergy Medicine - Maternally transferred monoclonal IgG induce IgE unresponsiveness in mice

Alzheimer Disease - Abeta(42) vaccination induces antibodies highly selective for target structures

Animal Models - Quantitative assay could aid vaccine development in guinea pig models

Anthrax - Potential vaccine candidate ORFs sought in virulence plasmid pXO1

Blood Safety - Smallpox vaccine recipients should wait to give blood, FDA says

Cancer Gene Therapy - Mechanism of fusogenic membrane glycoprotein-mediated cell killing described

Cancer Vaccines - DC and CpG ODN immunotherapy cures large murine tumors that resist chemotherapy

Cancer Vaccines - HER-2-derived recombinant antigens engineered for antitumor immunotherapy

Cancer Vaccines - T-cell help required for memory cytotoxic T-cell antitumor activity

Cervical Cancer - Vaccine causes HPV-associated tumor growth to regress in mice

DNA Vaccines - B virus glycoprotein antibodies induced by DNA immunization characterized

DNA Vaccines - Salivary gland delivery of pDNA-cationic lipoplexes is immunogenic

DNA Vaccines - Study compares oral vs. intramuscular immunization

Disease Associations - Immune response to heat shock proteins has possible link to atherosclerosis

Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation - Adjuvant-free peptide vaccine against CMV pp65 in preclinical development

Immunology -  Shigella vaccine safe, immunogenic

Immunology - Salmonella type III-mediated antigen delivery induces CTL-mediated immunity

Immunology - Study points to role of dendritic cells in reduced IL-12 synthesis in childhood

Influenza - FDA advisory committee recommends approval for FluMist

Influenza - Recombinant adenovirus encodes swine H3N2 influenza virus HA gene

Influenza Vaccine - Oculorespiratory syndrome recurrence low following influenza revaccination

Kidney Disease - Chickenpox vaccine OK for pediatric patients

Leishmaniasis - Immunotherapeutic antigens encapsulated in liposomes characterized

Malaria - MSP combination boosts protection against Plasmodium yoelii in rat model

Malaria - Recombinant Plasmodium apical membrane antigen 1 confers protection

Measles - CDC describes outbreak among internationally adopted children arriving in the U.S

Melanoma - FcgammaR-positive tumors may respond to antibody-mediated therapies

Meningococcal Disease - Glycoconjugate vaccine for Neisseria meningitidis is protective in rats

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - T-cell responses to specific antigen ESAT-6 in Brazilian TB patients studied

Oral Health - Vaccine with genetic chimeric protein protects mice against S. mutans

Pediatric Vaccine - Atovaquone/proguanil malaria prophylaxis does not negate typhoid or cholera vaccination

Pneumococcal Disease - Antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae increasing in Peru

Pneumococcal Disease - Potential benefit of 7- and 11-valent conjugate vaccines in Germany assessed

Preparedness - Reports: Israeli gas masks, smallpox vaccine are defective

Prostate Cancer - Rights regained to ex vivo prostate cancer immunotherapy

Public Health - Impact of Taiwan's National Health Insurance varies among regions

Reimbursement - Coverage of illness from smallpox vaccine worries workers

Renal Cell Carcinoma - Autologous monocyte-derived dendritic cell-based immunotherapy well tolerated

Smallpox - Official wants delay in vaccinations

Smallpox - UAB aids search for safer vaccine

Smallpox - Wisconsin officials: No money for first vaccinations

Trypanosomiasis - Type 1 immunity provides optimal protection against mucosal, systemic challenge

Tuberculosis -  Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigen 10 modulates macrophage function

Vaccine Safety - Study finds low risk of oculorespiratory syndrome recurrence

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