Synthetic peptides as vaccines.

Current opinion in immunology ·Vol. 4 ·No. 4 ·1992-08-00 ·Pages 449-53

Arnon R, Horwitz RJ

Abstract

The use of synthetic peptides as an alternative approach to vaccination is currently being pursued. This is particularly true for viral and parasitic diseases in which no vaccines are yet available, most notably the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

MeSH Terms

Adjuvants, Immunologic Animals Bacterial Vaccines/biosynthesis Carrier Proteins/immunology Epitopes/immunology HIV/immunology Peptide Biosynthesis Protozoan Vaccines/biosynthesis Vaccines, Synthetic/biosynthesis Viral Vaccines/biosynthesis

Chemicals

Adjuvants, Immunologic Bacterial Vaccines Carrier Proteins Epitopes Protozoan Vaccines Vaccines, Synthetic Viral Vaccines

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Arnon R

Department of Chemical Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Horwitz R J

Article Info

Journal

Current opinion in immunology

Abbr.

Curr Opin Immunol

ISSN

0952-7915

DOI

10.1016/s0952-7915(06)80037-3

Published

1992-08-00

Pages

449-53

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

8900118

Subset

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PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/s0952-7915(06)80037-3 View journal details

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