Adjuvant properties of bacterial product cantastim.

Aluminum compounds have been used as adjuvants in practical vaccination for more than 60 years to induce an early, an efficient and a long lasting protective immunity. Nowadays they are the most widely used adjuvants in both veterinary and human vaccines. Unfortunately these adjuvants do not only cause undesirable side effects, but often induce T-helper type 2 (Th2)-biased responses.