Vaccine Design - 5
•Subunit vaccines:
•eConsists of specific, defined regions of purified antigen from pathogenic organisms
•eThese subunits are capable of inducing a protective immune response
•eApplications under investigation include:
•ŽDiphtheria - tetanus toxin
•ŽBacterial polysaccharides of:
•Hemophilus influenzae
•Pneumococcus
•ŽHBsAg