SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES AND PURIFIED ANTIGENS AS VACCINES (1994)

Authors: BROWN, FRED - YALE UNIVERSITY

Submitted to: Technology Assessment in Health Care
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/1/1994
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Interpretive Summary: It has been shown over the past three decades that protection against bacterial and virus diseases can be conferred by using small parts of the agents instead of the entire organisms. These parts can be made without the need to grow the infectious organisms. This approach is valuable because it means that vaccines can be made without the need for biocontainment.

Technical Abstract: The author reviewed the potential of synthetic vaccines and purified antigens as vaccines.