Effect of prior immunization on induction of cervial cancer in mice by herpes simplex virus type 2.
Previous studies at this laboratory showed that repeated application of inactivated herpes simplex virus type 2 to the mouse cevix produced premalignant and malignant lesions. In the present study mice were inoculated with inactivated herpes simplex virus type 2 or control solution and Freund's adjuvant by intraperitoneal and subcuaneous routes before exposure of the cervix to inactivated virus. It appears that immunization with inactivated virus conferred a protection against the induction of cervical carcinoma.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000150:complications*; D007114:Immunization; D051379:Mice; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*