A human cell line, which lacks major histocompatibility class I (MHC-I)
antigens and major histocompatibility class II (MHC-II) antigens and
which has been modified to comprise and express (i) a nucleotide sequence
encoding an immunomodulator and (ii) a nucleotide sequence encoding a
viral antigen, and a method of inducing or stimulating an immune response
in a human to a viral-associated disease or cancer comprising
administering to the human (i) the aforementioned human cell line in an
amount sufficient to induce or stimulate an immune response to the viral
associated disease or cancer, (ii) a human cell line, which lacks MHC-I
and MHC-11 antigens and which has been modified to comprise and express a
nucleotide sequence encoding an immunomodulator, and a human cell line,
which lacks MHC-I and MHC-II antigens and which has been modified to
comprise and express a nucleotide sequence encoding an antigen of EBV,
simultaneously or sequentially in either order, by the same or different
routes, in amounts sufficient to induce or stimulate an immune response
to the viral-associated disease or cancer, or (iii) an immunomodulator
and a human cell line, which lacks MHC-I and MHC-II antigens and which
has been modified to comprise and express a nucleotide sequence encoding
an antigen of EBV, simultaneously or sequentially in either order, by the
same or different routes, in amounts sufficient to induce or stimulate an
immune response to the viral associated disease or cancer.