Table 1 Vaccine dosages.
Delivery route | Composition of spirulina+ | Final concentration of spirulina | Treatment volume per dose | Amount of spirulina per dose | Est. percent of vaccine construct | Dose of vaccine per treatment |
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Oral | Unpurified | 50 mg/mL | 200 µL | 10 mg | 0.8–1% of whole dried biomass | 80–100 µg |
Intranasal | Unpurified | 50 mg/mL | 50 µL | 2.5 mg | 0.8–1% of whole dried biomass | 20–25 µg |
Intranasal | Extract | 7.8 mg/mL | 50 µL | 390 µg | 4% of total soluble protein | 15.7 µg* 17.4 µg** |