Browsing Duke Faculty Scholarship by Subject "immunity"

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Chiropteran types I and II interferon genes inferred from genome sequencing traces by a statistical gene-family assembler

Kepler, Thomas B.; Roach, Jeffrey; Haines, Albert (BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2010)

Background: The rate of emergence of human pathogens is steadily increasing; most of these novel agents originate in wildlife. Bats, remarkably, are the natural reservoirs of many of the most pathogenic viruses in humans. ...
Safety and Immunogenicity of a Replication-Defective Adenovirus Type 5 HIV Vaccine in Ad5-Seronegative Persons: A Randomized Clinical Trial (HVTN 054)

Tomaras, Georgia (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2010)

Background: Individuals without prior immunity to a vaccine vector may be more sensitive to reactions following injection, but may also show optimal immune responses to vaccine antigens. To assess safety and maximal tolerated ...