“…2) Viral DNA is maintained mainly as an episome for several months, the transduced gene being expressed during this time in such a way that a long lasting immune response can be expected. 3) All mammal species which have been tested to date, including chimpanzee, tamarin, cattle, pig, dog, ferret, rabbit, mice, hamster, and rat, develop an immune response against foreign genes carried by recombinant adenoviruses [1,10,16,22,39,60,71,75,89,90,114,115,134].…”