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Correlate of Immune Protection Against HSV-1 Genital Disease in Vaccinated Women
Author(s) -
Robert B. Belshe,
Thomas C. Heineman,
David I. Bernstein,
Abbie R. Bellamy,
Marian Ewell,
Robbert van der Most,
Carolyn Deal
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit651
Subject(s) - immunology , immune system , medicine , antibody , vaccine efficacy , vaccination , vaccine trial , hsl and hsv , disease , sex organ , virology , biology , virus , genetics
Previously we conducted a double-blind controlled, randomized efficacy field trial of gD-2 HSV vaccine adjuvanted with ASO4 in 8323 women. Subjects had been previously selected to be seronegative for HSV-1 and HSV-2. We found that vaccine was 82% protective against HSV-1 genital disease, but offered no significant protection against HSV-2 genital disease.

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