Antiretroviral therapy reveals triphasic decay of intact SIV genomes and persistence of ancestral variants

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Carbohydrate fatty acid monosulphate: oil-in-water adjuvant enhances SARS-CoV-2 RBD nanoparticle-induced immunogenicity and protection in mice

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Neutralization Escape by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Subvariant BA.4.6

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HIV envelope antibodies and TLR7 agonist partially prevent viral rebound in chronically SHIV-infected monkeys

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mRNA-1273 and BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccines elicit antibodies with differences in Fc-mediated effector functions

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Vaccine protection against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in macaques

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Neutralization of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 Variants

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SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain displayed on HBsAg virus-like particles elicits protective immunity in macaques

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Vaccines Elicit Highly Conserved Cellular Immunity to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

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Optimization of Non-Coding Regions for a Non-Modified mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine

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