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. 2008 Sep 2;33(3):394–409. doi: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.07.015

Table 6.

Potential of nanoparticle/microparticle-based vaccine and adjuvant delivery systems for application in the porcine field.

Delivery vehicle Vaccine antigen Vaccine adjuvant Reference
Chitosan-nanoparticles Pasteurella multocida and CSFV* Porcine IL-2 gene + CpG-ODN; (DNA)* [112]
Chitosan-nanoparticles encapsulating IL-2 gene Porcine paratyphoid vaccine* Porcine IL-2 gene (DNA)* [90]
Chitosan-nanoparticles decorated with CpG-ODN Porcine paratyphoid vaccine* CpG-ODN (DNA)* [113]
PLGA microspheres IgY (model protein for oral vaccine delivery) None (oral vaccination) [222]
PLGA (200 nm) plus dimethyl-dioctadecyl-ammonium bromide cationic surfactant. DNA (anionic): surface coated on to particles None (in reconstituted gastric mucus) [223]
Negative-charged fluorescent particles (50–500 nm) None (testing transcutaneous delivery) None (applied to pig skin in diffusion chambers) [116]
Enteric-coated polymers (AQ6) Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia None (oral)
Alum (sub-cutaneous) [224]
Starch microparticles Ovalbumin (surface coated on to particles) None (applied to porcine nasal mucosa in vitro) [225]
Microspheres from enteric-coating material (aqueous acrylic polymer) plus talc and glycerol Mycoplasma hypopneumoniae None (oral vaccination) [226]
Nanoparticles and microbeads compared Trichinella spiralis L1 muscular larvae. Various adjuvants compared [227]
Bioadhesive intranasal delivery system (esterified hyaluronic microspheres) Influenza virus vaccine H1N1. Mucosal adjuvants LTK63 and LTR72 (detoxified heat-labile enterotoxin) [228]
Saccharomyces cerevisiae None (testing particle uptake) None (testing transcytosis by M cells) [229].
Gold particles Influenza virus (H1N1) DNA vaccine None (gene gun-based DNA vaccination) [114]
Microspheres Mycoplasma hypopneumoniae Priming with adjuvanted, boosting with encapsulated antigen [230]
*

Immunised mice with a porcine vaccine and/or porcine cytokine-based adjuvant.