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SUBMITTER: Savard C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3126827 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Savard Christian C Guérin Annie A Drouin Karine K Bolduc Marilène M Laliberté-Gagné Marie-Eve ME Dumas Marie-Christine MC Majeau Nathalie N Leclerc Denis D
PloS one 20110629 6
Commercial seasonal flu vaccines induce production of antibodies directed mostly towards hemaglutinin (HA). Because HA changes rapidly in the circulating virus, the protection remains partial. Several conserved viral proteins, e.g., nucleocapsid (NP) and matrix proteins (M1), are present in the vaccine, but are not immunogenic. To improve the protection provided by these vaccines, we used nanoparticles made of the coat protein of a plant virus (papaya mosaic virus; PapMV) as an adjuvant. Immuniz ...[more]