Medical Hypotheses
Volume 65, Issue 5 , Pages 873-879, 2005

Immunodominant viral peptides as determinants of cross-reactivity in the immune system – Can we develop wide spectrum viral vaccines?

Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Predio 43 323, Caixa Postal 15053, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Received 1 April 2005; accepted 16 May 2005. published online 29 July 2005.

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 This work was supported by CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientı́fico e Tecnológico), FAPERGS (Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul) and CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfieçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior).

PII: S0306-9877(05)00299-9

doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2005.05.041

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 65, Issue 5 , Pages 873-879, 2005