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DeltaFTT0918

Vaccine Information

Vaccine Name: DeltaFTT0918
Target Pathogen: Francisella tularensis
Target Disease: Tularemia
Vaccine Ontology ID: VO_0011346
Type: Live, attenuated vaccine
Status: Research
Antigen: DeltaFTT0918 is an attenuated SCHU S4 strain with mutation of the gene FTT0918 (Twine et al., 2005).
Immunization Route: Intradermal injection (i.d.)

Host Response

References

Twine et al., 2005: Twine S, Bystrom M, Chen W, Forsman M, Golovliov I, Johansson A, Kelly J, Lindgren H, Svensson K, Zingmark C, Conlan W, Sjostedt A. A mutant of Francisella tularensis strain SCHU S4 lacking the ability to express a 58-kilodalton protein is attenuated for virulence and is an effective live vaccine. Infection and immunity. 2005 Dec; 73(12); 8345-52. [PubMed: 16299332 ].