MF59 Adjuvant Enhances the Antibody Response to Recombinant Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Vaccine in Primates
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- 1 December 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 174 (6) , 1168-1175
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/174.6.1168
Abstract
The effect of the proprietary adjuvant MF59 on the immunogenicity of a recombinant hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine, PreS2+SAg, was investigated in baboons. The magnitude and duration of the antibody response to hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) induced by the HBV/MF59 vaccine was compared with the same antigen combined with alum and with two licensed alum vaccines. After one immunization, the HBV/MF59 vaccine generated anti-HBs titers > 10 mIU/mL in a greater proportion of animals, and mean titers were 26- to 84-fold higher than titers from alum vaccines. After a third immunization, the HBV/MF59 vaccine generated titers 38- to 127-fold higher than alum vaccines. Seven months after the third immunization, HBV/MF59 elicited titers 75- to 472fold higher than alum vaccines. The dramatic immune response elicited by HBVIMF59 in baboons suggests that MF59 may be a desirable adjuvant for use in improved HBV vaccines for humans.Keywords
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