STIMULATION OF INNATE IMMUNITY WITH AN ANTIGEN FROM BACTERIAL ORIGIN

摘要

There is provided a method of attenuating a respiratory infection in a subject, use of a composition for the manufacture of a medicament and a composition for treating respiratory infections comprising a preparation of Saccharopolyspora rectivirgula (SR), a non pathogenic thermophilic actinomycetes, which can stimulate the innate pulmonary immune response. This invention thus presents a novel preventive measure for acute viral or bacterial lung infections.