INTRAMUSCULAR VACCINATION OF MICE WITH THE HUMAN HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS TYPE-1(HSV-1) VC2 VACCINE, BUT NOT ITS PARENTAL STRAIN HSV-1(F) CONFERS FULL PROTECTION AGAINST LETHAL OCULAR HSV-1 (MCKRAE) PATHOGENESIS.

Intramuscular vaccination of mice with the human herpes simplex virus type-1(HSV-1) VC2 vaccine, but not its parental strain HSV-1(F) confers full protection against lethal ocular HSV-1 (McKrae) pathogenesis.

Herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) can cause severe ocular infection and blindness.We have previously shown that the HSV-1 VC2 vaccine strain is protective in mice and guinea pigs against genital herpes infection following vaginal challenge with HSV-1 or HSV-2.In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of VC2 intramuscular vaccination in mice agains

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Militant Democracy in Austria

This paper asks whether Austria can be considered a militant democracy.The concept designates a form of a democracy that protects itself against those who want to Pinch Bowl use democratic rights to do away with democracy altogether.Austria indeed possesses a host of instruments designed to keep antidemocratic and illiberal forces at bay.Liberal de

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