title: Placebo-controlled study with subunit herpes simplex virus vaccine in subjects suffering from frequent herpetic recurrences.
abstract: The safety and efficacy of a subunit herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 vaccine were tested in a small-scale double-blind trial carried out in a group of 42 volunteers suffering from frequent recurrences of herpetic lesions. The patients were paired according to sex, age, type of virus isolated, previous history of the disease and some non-specific immunological markers. One member of each pair received repeated doses of HSV vaccine, the other a placebo. Clinical reactions were mild. Antibody responses following the vaccination were generally low and were almost entirely limited to subjects suffering from HSV-2 lesions. A majority of the patients exhibited improvement of their condition during the postvaccination period. These improvements were, however, nearly equally distributed between the vaccine and placebo groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Virology, Institute of Sera and Vaccines, Prague.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kutinová
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Benda
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kalos
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dbalý
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Votruba
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kvícalová
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petrovská
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doutlík
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kamínková
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Domorázková
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010919:Placebos; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012008:Recurrence; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology*; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D010919:Placebos; D014765:Viral Vaccines