Vaccine Weekly

Immunology - Subnormal immunity to measles in found in HIV+ mothers and infant cord blood

Influenza - Annual vaccination associated with decreased risk of death in elderly

Influenza - CDC chief: Flu season off to slow start

Influenza - Flu vaccine maker taking action to return to market as reliable supplier

Influenza - Strategies offered for flu vaccine rationing

Influenza Vaccine - Efficacy of influenza vaccination in healthy adults decreases with age

Influenza Vaccine - FluMist producer announces expanded delivery

Influenza Vaccine - Stability of influenza hemagglutinin in vaccine bulk material studied

Influenza Vaccine - Technology released for rapid production of influenza vaccines

Japanese Encephalitis - Sera against ChimeriVax-JE vaccine protects against encephalitis virus

Leprosy Therapy - Immunotherapy increases effectiveness of treatment for leprosy

Leukemia Therapy - Guidelines to define therapeutic strategies for leukemia described

Malaria - Malaria protein that binds to placental cells may serve as vaccine target

Malaria Genomics and Genetics - Genetic diversity of malaria merozoite protein gene determined

Malaria Vaccine - Malaria vaccine based on Plasmodium Duffy binding protein evaluated

Measles Vaccine - Economic analysis of mass measles vaccination in South Africa reported

Measles Vaccine - Measles-specific CD4 T cell memory decreases in vaccinated subjects

Measles Vaccine - Patients should receive measles vaccine after stem cell transplantation

Melanoma - M-Vax registered for commercial marketing, distribution in France

Meningococcal Vaccine -  Neisseria meningitidis vaccine safe and immunogenic in infants

Meningococcal Vaccine - Peptide mimotopes of N. meningitidis polysaccharide described

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Antibodies with activity against non-Hodgkin lymphomas characterized

Oncogenesis - Adenoma to carcinoma hTR expression not linked to promoter methylation

Personnel - Biopharmaceutical company announces new member of board of directors

Personnel - Guenter Schirmer, MD, named medical director by drug developer

Pertussis Vaccine - Pertussis vaccines provide mucosal immunization of murine neonates

Plague Vaccine - Genome content of live plague vaccines defined using DNA microarray

Pneumonia -  Streptococcus, Haemophilus, and Moraxella characterized

Poliovirus Vaccine - Multiplex PCR method for identifying vaccine polioviruses developed

Poliovirus Vaccine - No link found between intussusception and oral poliovirus vaccination

Product Licensing - Nonexclusive HCV license granted to Roche

Prostate Cancer - Luteinizing-hormone-releasing-hormone causes prostatic atrophy

Pythiosis Therapy -  Pythium insidiosum antigens effective against vascular pythiosis

Salmonella Vaccine -  Salmonella flagellin induces systemic and mucosal immune responses

Shigellosis -  Shigella-associated diarrhea common in rural Egyptian children

Smallpox - Potential return of smallpox, world's readiness discussed in journal article

Smallpox - Significant progress reported on smallpox vaccine

Streptococcal Vaccine -  Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype distribution in Hong Kong determined

Streptococcus Epidemiology - Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes are least commonly isolated

Tetanus Vaccine - HIV lowers antibodies elicited by tetanus and diphtheria vaccination

Tuberculosis -  Mycobacterium avium strains exhibit differential virulence

Tuberculosis - Oregon Health & Science University gets grant for TB research

Tuberculosis Vaccine - CD27-negative CD4 T cells produce IFN-gamma upon mycobacteria challenge

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Chronic pneumonia occurs despite immune response to BCG

Tuberculosis Vaccine - New M. tuberculosis antigens are promising vaccine candidates

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Successful TB vaccine may need to suppress interleukin-4 activity

Type 2 Diabetes - Data demonstrate the potential of arimoclomol for the treatment of diabetes

Vaccine Adjuvant - Aluminum adjuvants reviewed

Vaccine Adjuvant - Artificial peptide induces Th2 immune response to antigens

Vaccine Adjuvant - CD40 antibody as adjuvant induces enhanced T cell responses

Vaccine Adjuvant - Non-toxic Stx derivatives from E. coli possess adjuvant activity

Vaccine Adjuvant - Protollin is novel adjuvant for intranasal vaccines

Vaccine Adjuvant - Squalene adjuvant better than aluminum hydroxide in rabies vaccine

Vaccine Adjuvant - Squalene vaccine adjuvant is safe

Vaccine Delivery - Alginate hydrogels act as controlled release protein carriers

Vaccine Development - Antigens expressed in Salmonella vectors using SPI-2 promoter

Vaccine Development - License agreement reached for MedPulser DNA Delivery System in two applications

Vaccine Development - Neutralizing antibodies prevent use of human GM-CSF in macaques

Vaccine Economics - Potential conflicts of interest in vaccine economics research reviewed

Vaccine Efficacy - Data sources compared to identify veteran vaccinations

Vaccine Efficacy - IL-15 is superior to IL-2 in generating of long-lived memory T cells

Vaccine Efficacy - Vaccine efficacy estimated from household data observed over time

Vaccinia Virus - Src switches from microtubule- to actin-based vaccinia virus motility