Vaccination of Mice Using the West Nile Virus E-Protein in a DNA Prime-Protein Boost Strategy Stimulates Cell-Mediated Immunity and Protects Mice against a Lethal Challenge

• Marina De Filette,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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• Silke Soehle,

  Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Sebastian Ulbert,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Leipzig, Germany

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• Justin Richner,

  Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology and Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Michael S. Diamond,

  Affiliation Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology and Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

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• Alessandro Sinigaglia,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Luisa Barzon,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

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• Stefan Roels,

  Affiliation Operational Direction Interactions and Surveillance, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (CODA/CERVA), Brussels, Belgium

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• Julianna Lisziewicz,

  Affiliation Genetic Immunity, Budapest, Hungary and McLean, Virginia, United States of America

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• Orsolya Lorincz,

  Affiliation Genetic Immunity, Budapest, Hungary and McLean, Virginia, United States of America

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• Niek N. Sanders

  * E-mail: Niek.Sanders@UGent.be

  Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Therapy, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

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