Vaccination1 | Challenge Survival2 |
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SpeA (L42R) | 100% |
SpeA (L42R)-SpeB (C47S) | 100% |
Adjuvant only | 0% |
- 1Vaccinations at 0, 2 and 4 weeks (3 doses) with 10 μg of SpeA (L42R) or SpeA (L42R)-SpeB (C47S) in adjuvant or adjuvant only.
- 2Percent mice surviving wild-type SpeA challenge, 5 LD50 per mouse 2 weeks after last vaccination. 5 mice per group SpeA (L42R) and adjuvant only control; 4 mice for SpeA (L42R)-SpeB (C47S) vaccination. Experiments were performed twice with identical results.