Concerning herpesvirus infections, several reports have mow described the use of plasmid DNAs encoding herpesvirus proteins to induce a protective immunity in mice.

• gB蛋白诱导免疫保护作用具有长时效特点，明显保护三叉神经节免于感染； 也有实验表明鼠接种分泌形式的gB蛋白对由HSV-1感染引起的角膜炎，脑膜炎和死亡具有明显保护作用；