| Title |
The Ocular Conjunctiva as a Mucosal Immunization Route: A Profile of the Immune Response to the Model Antigen Tetanus Toxoid
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0060682 |
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| Authors |
Talin Barisani-Asenbauer, Aleksandra Inic-Kanada, Sandra Belij, Emilija Marinkovic, Ivana Stojicevic, Jacqueline Montanaro, Elisabeth Stein, Nora Bintner, Marijana Stojanovic |
| Abstract |
In a quest for a needle-free vaccine administration strategy, we evaluated the ocular conjunctiva as an alternative mucosal immunization route by profiling and comparing the local and systemic immune responses to the subcutaneous or conjunctival administration of tetanus toxoid (TTd), a model antigen. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 22 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 5 | 23% |
| Researcher | 4 | 18% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 18% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Unknown | 5 | 23% |