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Vaccinia viruses with mutations in the E3L gene as potential replication-competent, attenuated vaccines: intra-nasal vaccination.
Vaccine - 30 Jan 2008
Vijaysri Sangeetha, Jentarra Garilyn, Heck Michael C, Mercer Andrew A, McInnes Colin J, Jacobs Bertram L
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Vaccinia virus (VACV) has been used as the vaccine to protect against smallpox, and recombinant VACVs have been used to develop vaccine candidates against numerous cancers and infectious diseases. Although relatively safe for use in humans, the strains of VACV that were used as smallpox vaccines led to several complications including, progressive infection in immune compromised individuals, eczema vaccination in...
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