Systemic priming and intranasal booster with a BcfA-adjuvanted acellular pertussis vaccine generates CD4+ IL-17+ nasal tissue resident T cells and reduces B. pertussis nasal colonization

IntroductionResurgence of pertussis, caused by Bordetella pertussis, necessitates novel vaccines and vaccination strategies to combat this disease. Alum-adjuvanted acellular pertussis vaccines (aPV) delivered intramuscularly reduce bacterial numbers in the lungs of immunized animals and humans, but...

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Main Authors: Kacy S. Yount, Jesse M. Hall, Kyle Caution, Mohamed M. Shamseldin, Myra Guo, Keirsten Marion, Audra R. Fullen, Yimin Huang, Jennifer A. Maynard, Sally A. Quataert, Rajendar Deora, Purnima Dubey
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2023.1181876/full