Duration of protection from live attenuated vs. sub unit HSV-2 vaccines in the guinea pig model of genital herpes: Reassessing efficacy using endpoints from clinical trials.

BACKGROUND:Although herpes simplex viruses (HSV) are a major target for vaccine development no vaccine is currently licensed. METHODS:A live attenuated HSV virus vaccine, VC2 was compared to a subunit HSV vaccine, glycoprotein D (gD2) administered with the adjuvant, MPL/Alum using the guinea pig mod...

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Main Authors: David I Bernstein, Rhonda D Cardin, Derek A Pullum, Fernando J Bravo, Konstantin G Kousoulas, David A Dixon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213401