METHOD FOR EMERGENCY IMMUNIZATION OF SELECTED PARTS OF A POPULATION

摘要

The present invention relates to a tlr agonist for use in the one-time prophylactic treatment of a subpopulation against an infection, wherein the subpopulation is a collection of asymptomatic subjects in proximity to subjects of the population who show symptoms of infection.;The invention also relates to a method of providing immunity against a virus to a selected subpopulation of a larger population by administering an agonist of a toll-like-receptor (tlr) to individuals from the selected subpopulation in a first step, and then exposing the individuals who had been pretreated with the tlr agonist to the virus.