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Development of a chimeric Zika vaccine using a licensed live-attenuated flavivirus vaccine as backbone

Authors :
Xiao-Feng Li
Hao-Long Dong
Hong-Jiang Wang
Xing-Yao Huang
Ye-Feng Qiu
Xue Ji
Qing Ye
Chunfeng Li
Yang Liu
Yong-Qiang Deng
Tao Jiang
Gong Cheng
Fu-Chun Zhang
Andrew D. Davidson
Ya-Jun Song
Pei-Yong Shi
Cheng-Feng Qin
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

Given the recent Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic, development of an effective vaccine is of high importance. Here, the authors use a licensed live-attenuated flavivirus vaccine backbone to develop a ZIKV vaccine and determine immunogenicity, safety and protection profiles in different animal models.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.788df413c3c54bebaab8d4b979a10833
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02975-w