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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2014

Safety Profile of the Merck Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Clade B gag DNA Plasmid Vaccine With and Without Adjuvants.

Erin K Quirk, Elizabeth L Brown, Randi Y Leavitt, Robin Mogg, Devan V Mehrotra, Robert K Evans, Mark J DiNubile, Michael N Robertson

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Erin K QuirkMerck Research Laboratories , West Point, Pennsylvania.
Elizabeth L BrownMerck Research Laboratories , West Point, Pennsylvania.
Randi Y LeavittMerck Research Laboratories , West Point, Pennsylvania.
Robin MoggMerck Research Laboratories , West Point, Pennsylvania.
Devan V MehrotraMerck Research Laboratories , West Point, Pennsylvania.
Robert K EvansMerck Research Laboratories , West Point, Pennsylvania.
Mark J DiNubileOffice of the Chief Medical Officer, Merck , Upper Gwynedd, Pennsylvania.
Michael N RobertsonMerck Research Laboratories , West Point, Pennsylvania.
United States Military Academy · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immunogenicity results from 3 phase I trials of the Merck DNA human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine have previously been reported. Because preventive DNA vaccine strategies continue to be leveraged for diverse infections, the safety and tolerability results from these studies can inform the field moving forward, particularly regarding adverse reactions and adjuvants. No serious vaccine-related adverse events were reported during the 3-dose priming phase. Pain at the injection site was more common with adjuvanted formulations than with the phosphate-buffered saline diluent alone. Febrile reactions were usually low grade. Although the AlPO4 or CRL1005 adjuvants used in these studies did not significantly enhance the immunogenicity of the DNA vaccine, adverse events were numerically more common with adjuvanted formulations than without adjuvants.

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adjuvantsDNA plasmid vaccineHIVsafety

Identifiers

PMID25734089
PMCPMC4324197
OpenAlexW2120309860

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