TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF ALLERGIC AIRWAYS DISEASES

摘要

The present invention provides a method for the treatment or prevention of an allergic airways disease in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae or one or more antigens derived therefrom. Also provided are methods and compositions for inducing protective immunity against an allergic airways disease, suppressing an allergic immune response, and treating or preventing conditions such as eosinophilia, mucous secreting cell expression, airway hyperresponsiveness and Th2-mediated disease.