The Ocular Conjunctiva as a Mucosal Immunization Route: A Profile of the Immune Response to the Model Antigen Tetanus Toxoid

• Talin Barisani-Asenbauer ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Talin Barisani-Asenbauer, Aleksandra Inic-Kanada

  * E-mail: talin.barisani@meduniwien.ac.at

  Affiliation OCUVAC – Center of Ocular Inflammation and Infection, Laura Bassi Centers of Expertise, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Aleksandra Inic-Kanada ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Talin Barisani-Asenbauer, Aleksandra Inic-Kanada

  Affiliation OCUVAC – Center of Ocular Inflammation and Infection, Laura Bassi Centers of Expertise, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Sandra Belij,

  Affiliation OCUVAC – Center of Ocular Inflammation and Infection, Laura Bassi Centers of Expertise, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Emilija Marinkovic,

  Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera – TORLAK, Belgrade, Serbia

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• Ivana Stojicevic,

  Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera – TORLAK, Belgrade, Serbia

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• Jacqueline Montanaro,

  Affiliation OCUVAC – Center of Ocular Inflammation and Infection, Laura Bassi Centers of Expertise, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Elisabeth Stein,

  Affiliation OCUVAC – Center of Ocular Inflammation and Infection, Laura Bassi Centers of Expertise, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Nora Bintner,

  Affiliation OCUVAC – Center of Ocular Inflammation and Infection, Laura Bassi Centers of Expertise, Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Marijana Stojanovic

  Affiliation Department of Research and Development, Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera – TORLAK, Belgrade, Serbia

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