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Sexually Transmitted Disease
Intranasal vaccine provokes strong immune response in murine model of STD
July 4th, 2002
by Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS, senior medical writer - Intranasal vaccines for protection against sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea provoked a stronger immune response in the female genital tract of mice than did local vaccination, according to a report from New York. Creating an effective vaccine against infections of the female reproductive tract is challenging because of the poor immune response to genital application of antigens. "Studies of immune responses to genital infections such as gonorrhea also support the concept that, lacking mucosal immune inductive sites, the reproductive tract is ill-equipped to mount effective immune...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-07-04)
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