title: Anti-idiotypic antibodies: a new generation of vaccines against infectious agents.
abstract: Anti-idiotypic antibodies have been suggested recently as candidates for potential vaccines against numerous infectious organisms. These antibody-based vaccines might represent a new generation of vaccines for inducing protective immunity in susceptible hosts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology and Immunology, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas 78284.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Dreesman
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000941:Antigens; D006801:Humans; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D014612:Vaccines / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000941:Antigens; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D014612:Vaccines; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines