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The immune response to vaccinia virus is significantly reduced after scarification with TK- recombinants as compared to wild-type virus.
Acta virologica - 1 Jan 2000
Phillpotts R J, Lescott T, Gates A J, Jones L
Abstract excerpt
Although it is unlikely that large-scale vaccination against smallpox will ever be required again, it is conceivable that the need may arise to vaccinate against a human orthopoxvirus infection. A possible example could be the emergence of monkey poxvirus (MPV) as a significant human disease in Africa. Vaccinia virus (VV) recombinants, genetically modified to carry the immunogenic proteins of other pathogenic...
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