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Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 549281, 11 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/549281
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Novel Prophylactic Vaccine Using a Prime-Boost Method and Hemagglutinating Virus of Japan-Envelope against Tuberculosis

Masaji Okada,1 Yoko Kita,1 Toshihiro Nakajima,2 Noriko Kanamaru,1 Satomi Hashimoto,1 Tetsuji Nagasawa,2 Yasufumi Kaneda,3 Shigeto Yoshida,4 Yasuko Nishida,1 Hitoshi Nakatani,1 Kyoko Takao,1 Chie Kishigami,1 Shiho Nishimatsu,1 Yuki Sekine,1 Yoshikazu Inoue,1 David N. McMurray,5 and Mitsunori Sakatani1

1Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, 1180 Nagasone, Kitaku, Sakai, Osaka 591-8555, Japan
2Ikeda Laboratory, GenomIdea Inc.,1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka 530-0043, Japan
3Division of Gene Therapy Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
4Department of Medical Zoology, Jichi Medical School, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Minamikawachi-machi, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan
5System Health Science Center, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-1114, USA

Received 8 September 2010; Revised 6 January 2011; Accepted 16 January 2011

Academic Editor: Nicholas West

Copyright © 2011 Masaji Okada et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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