Human Herpes Virus Articles & Analysis
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RVx201 Herpes Vaccine Description 2022 RVx201 is a first-in-human herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) live-attenuated therapeutic vaccine modified to be interferon sensitive that destroys the ability of the virus to inhibit immune responses. ...
Abstract Herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) can cause severe ocular infection and blindness. We have previously shown that the HSV-1 VC2 vaccine strain is protective in mice and guinea pigs against genital herpes infection following vaginal challenge with HSV-1 or HSV-2. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of VC2 intramuscular vaccination ...