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Table of Contents

january/february 2008

volume 4| issue 1



Editor's Corner

Letter from the Editor

Ronald W. Ellis
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 1 - 4

Open Access Article



Review

Virus‑like particles as a vaccine delivery system: Myths and facts

Polly Roy and Rob Noad
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 5 - 12

Immune modulators with defined molecular targets: Cornerstone to optimize rational vaccine design

Thomas Ebensen and Carlos A. Guzmán
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 13 - 22

Research Paper

Characterization of the key antigenic components and pre-clinical immune responses to a meningococcal disease vaccine based on Neisseria lactamica outer membrane vesicles

Michelle Finney, Thomas Vaughan, Stephen Taylor, Michael J. Hudson, Catherine Pratt, Jun X. Wheeler, Caroline Vipond, Ian Feavers, Christopher Jones, Jamie Findlow, Ray Borrow and Andrew Gorringe
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 23 - 30

Immunologic response to Hib tetanus toxoid conjugated vaccine coadministered with DTPa either mixed or in two separate injections in toddlers not primed with Hib vaccine

Sirli Meriste, Jeanne-Marie Jacquet, Paul Willems and Irja Lutsar
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 31 - 35

Multi-antigenic DNA immunization using herpes simplex virus type 2 genomic fragments

Ralph P. Braun, Lichun Dong, Sarah Jerome, Renee Herber, Lee K. Roberts and Lendon G. Payne
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 36 - 43

A comparison of anionic nanoparticles and microparticles as vaccine delivery systems

Janet Wendorf, James Chesko, Jina Kazzaz, Mildred Ugozzoli, Michael Vajdy, Derek O'Hagan and Manmohan Singh
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 44 - 49

Booster vaccination at 6-8 years of age with a reduced antigen content dTpa-IPV vaccine is immunogenic and safe after priming with whole-cell pertussis vaccine

Tzou-Yien Lin, Ying-Hsiang Wang, Yhu-Chering Huang, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Pen Yi Lin, Haiwen Tang, Bernard Hoet and Hans L. Bock
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 50 - 53

Safety and immunogenicity of a combined hepatitis B virus-Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine comprising a synthetic antigen in healthy adults

Arístides Aguilar Betancourt, Carlos Alberto González-Delgado, Z. Cinza-Estévez, Jesus Martínez-Cabrera , Gloria Véliz-Ríos, Regis Alemán-Zaldívar , M.I. Alonso-Martínez, M. Lago-Baños, N. Puble Alvarez, A. Delahanty Fernandez, A.I. Juvier Madrazo, D. Ortega León, L. Olivera Ruano, A. Correa Fernández, D. Abreu Reyes, E. Soto Mestre, M.V. Pérez Pérez, N. Figueroa Baile, L. Hernandez Pérez, A. Rodríguez Silva, E. Martínez Díaz, N.S. Expósito, G.E. Guillén Nieto and Verena L. Muzio González
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 54 - 59

A new DTPw-HBV/Hib vaccine: Immune memory after primary vaccination and booster dosing in the second year of life

Salvacion Gatchalian, Marietta Reyes, Nancy Bermal, Vijayalakshmi Chandrasekaran, Htay Htay Han, Hans L. Bock and Inge Lefevre
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 60 - 66

Commentary

Evidence based route of administration of vaccines

I.F. Cook
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 67 - 73

Antibody gene-based prophylaxis and therapy for biodefence

Wei-Gang Hu and Les P. Nagata
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 74 - 78

Vaccines against transmissible spongiform Encephalopathies: An urgent need?

Steffen Bade and Andreas Frey
Volume: 4 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 79 - 81