adjuvant vaccine

ad·ju·vant vac·cine

a vaccine that contains an adjuvant; the antigen (immunogen) is included in a water-in-oil emulsion (Freund incomplete type adjuvant), or is adsorbed onto an inorganic gel (alum, aluminum hydroxide or phosphate) or mixed with another material to prevent rapid elimination by the host.
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An adjuvant vaccine contains an extra ingredient that signals the body to produce more flu-specific antibodies to help prevent infection and illness.
We need the new flu jab to stop epidemic
An adjuvant vaccine contains an extra ingredient that signals the body to produce more flu-specific A-antibodies to help prevent infection and illness.
'Only way to prevent NHS being brought to its knees is to give people the right flu jab'; The UK is currently being rocked by an outbreak of Aussie flu, which is filling already swamped A&E departments
Nanoparticles are increasingly used as adjuvant vaccine formulations due to their biocompatibility, ease of manufacture, and the opportunity to tailor their size, shape, and physicochemical properties [1].
Effect of Chitosan and Liposome Nanoparticles as Adjuvant Codelivery on the Immunoglobulin G Subclass Distribution in a Mouse Model
Our reported subunit MF59 adjuvant vaccine did not reveal any treatment-associated safety issues.
Cloning, Expression, and Immunogenicity of Fimbrial-F17A Subunit Vaccine against Escherichia coli Isolated from Bovine Mastitis
Protection against haemorrhagic septicemia induced by vaccination of buffalo calves with an improved oil adjuvant vaccine. FEMS Microbiol.
Factors Affecting Potency of Hemorrhagic Septicemia Vaccines
It is concluded that each of the adjuvant vaccines (oil or gel) and non- adjuvant vaccine containing biological titer of 104.00 TCID50 induced more than 50% percent inhibition (PI) that is considered as protective antibody titer.
IN PROCESS QUALITY CONTROL FACTORS EFFECTING POTENCY OF PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANTS VIRUS VACCINES IN GOATS
15 September 2011 - Danish vaccine-focused biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic (CPH:BAVA) said today that a newly published pre-clinical study investigating its MVA-BN technology in HER-2 positive tumors, demonstrated the potential advantages of the company's poxviral cancer immunotherapy technology platform when compared to conventional protein and adjuvant vaccine strategies.
Data show advantages of Bavarian Nordic's poxviral cancer immunotherapy platform
To reduce the biodegradation of the immunogens, the inactivated virus suspension is admixed with stabilizer such as thiomrsal sodium, sodium benzoate, potassium meta-bi -sulphite, etc (OIE, 2000) and adjuvant vaccine prepared from virus suspension is stored at 4- 8degC.
In Process Quality Control Factors Affecting Potency of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Vaccine
Similarly, at ASCO 2008, investigators in the phase III EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) 18961 trial reported that an adjuvant vaccine that was targeted against a ganglioside that was overexpressed on most melanoma cells did not improve distant metastasis-free survival, and that an early interim analysis suggested a detriment to overall survival.
Despite setbacks, Ca vaccine trials continue: a search on clinicaltrials.gov shows more than 100 studies that are recruiting or in active planning
A single dose of a 7.5-meg adjuvant vaccine met immunogenicity criteria for protection against the 2009 H1N1 influenza in children aged 3-8 years, based on preliminary data from 390 children in one study.
A single dose of adjuvant H1N1 vaccine may be OK
Further evidence for the capacity of previous N2 experience to moderate the challenge of the Hong Kong virus was provided by Eickhoff and Meiklejohn (20), who showed that vaccination of Air Force cadets with an H2N2 adjuvant vaccine reduced subsequent influenza from verified H3N2 virus infection by 54%.
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