“…DNA vaccines are generally effective at stimulating CD8 responses, whilst subunit vaccines are more effective at eliciting antibody responses (Barouch et al, 2000;Earl et al, 2001Earl et al, , 2002Patterson et al, 2004;Robinson, 1999). Combined-modality DNA prime-protein boost vaccination strategies have been evaluated in the past (Cristillo et al, 2006;Letvin et al, 1997;Mooij et al, 2004;Otten et al, 2005;Pal et al, 2005Pal et al, , 2006Robinson et al, 1999). As with single-modality envelope protein-based vaccines (Berman et al, 1990;Bruck et al, 1994;Girard et al, 1991;Hu et al, 1992;Mooij et al, 1998;Verschoor et al, 1999), protection against homologous, non-pathogenic simian-human immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) can be obtained (Letvin et al, 1997;Pal et al, 2006;Robinson et al, 1999).…”