Subunit vaccines against exogenous retroviruses: overview and perspectives
Hunsmann, G.
Cancer Research 45(9 Suppl): 4691s-4693s
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0008-5472 PMID: 2410114 Document Number: 251444
Vaccines prepared from purified viral envelope complexes are effective against certain animal model tumors induced by exogenous retroviruses. Related viruses have recently been isolated from humans and obviously cause adult T-cell leukemia and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Knowledge accumulated in experiments with subunit vaccines against animal retroviruses could help to develop immunopreventive regimens against human retroviruses.