Vaccine Design - 3
Synthetic
Antigen Vaccines:
eSynthesized peptides that resemble antigenic determinants
(epitopes) of a particular infectious agent
eThis type of vaccine made possible with
developments in:
Židentification of bacterial antigenic structure
Žrecombinant DNA technology
Židentification of specific epitopes
eApplications of this type of vaccine include:
ŽHepatitis B vaccines
ŽHerpes simplex vaccines
