A proteome-wide comparison of human antibody responses to the standard polyclonal vaccine for smallpox prevention and the monoclonal replacement ACAM2000 (P4321)
Abstract:Smallpox was eradicated in the 1980s due to the success of vaccines such as Dryvax (Wyeth Laboratories, Inc., U.S.). However, production of an improved live-virus vaccine was needed due to the limited amount of Dryvax doses available, as well as manufacturing concerns over the sterility and the clonal heterogeneity of the vaccine. Clones isolated from Dryvax produce variable numbers of antigens important for protective immunity or contributing to reactogenicity. In 2008, ACAM2000 (Acambis, Inc™), a single-plaq… Show more
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