Protective Role of Dengue Vaccine-Induced Killer T Cells in the Context of Enhancing Maternal Antibo (IMAGE)

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Protective Role of Dengue Vaccine-Induced Killer T Cells in the Context of Enhancing Maternal Antibo

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Maternal antibodies enhance severity of dengue infection in mouse pups (top). However, when these pups were vaccinated with PDK53, the killer T cell response induced protected the pups from disease (bottom).

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Dr Sylvie Alonso

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