Cross-protective peptide vaccine against influenza A viruses developed in HLA-A*2402 human immunity model.

BACKGROUND: The virus-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) induction is an important target for the development of a broadly protective human influenza vaccine, since most CTL epitopes are found on internal viral proteins and relatively conserved. In this study, the possibility of developing a stra...

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Main Authors: Toru Ichihashi, Reiko Yoshida, Chihiro Sugimoto, Ayato Takada, Kiichi Kajino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3176274?pdf=render