Shubitz Lisa, Peng Tao, Perrill Robert, Simons Julie, Orsborn Kris, Galgiani John N
Valley Fever Center for Excellence, Medicine and Subspecialties Program, Research Program, Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona 85723, USA.
Infect Immun. 2002 Jun;70(6):3287-9. doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.6.3287-3289.2002.
Subcutaneous vaccination with recombinant antigen 2/PRA (rAg2/PRA) protected BALB/c mice against intranasal infection with Coccidioides immitis. Subcutaneously vaccinated C57BL/6 mice and intranasally vaccinated BALB/c mice were protected against larger numbers of infecting spores. Weight loss correlated with lethality, but histologic appearance did not. These studies support rAg2/PRA vaccination to prevent coccidioidomycosis.
用重组抗原2/球孢子菌病抗原(rAg2/PRA)进行皮下接种可保护BALB/c小鼠免受鼻内感染粗球孢子菌。皮下接种的C57BL/6小鼠和鼻内接种的BALB/c小鼠能抵御更多数量的感染性孢子。体重减轻与致死率相关,但组织学表现并非如此。这些研究支持使用rAg2/PRA疫苗接种来预防球孢子菌病。