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Overview
Researchers at the USAMRIID facility, where military biologists study infectious diseases, have a promising vaccine candidate. They have developed a replication-competent vaccine against Lassa virus based on recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vectors expressing the Lassa virus glycoprotein. After a single intramuscular injection, test primates have survived lethal challenge, while showing no clinical symptoms.[1]
References
- ↑ Geisbert TW, Jones S, Fritz EA; et al. (2005). "Development of a new vaccine for the prevention of Lassa fever". PLoS Med. 2 (6): e183. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0020183. PMID 15971954.