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Expression of an immunogenic Ebola immune complex in Nicotiana benthamiana.
Plant biotechnology journal - 1 Sept 2011
Phoolcharoen Waranyoo, Bhoo Seong H, Lai Huafang, Ma Julian, Arntzen Charles J, Chen Qiang, Mason Hugh S
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Filoviruses (Ebola and Marburg viruses) cause severe and often fatal haemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates. The US Centers for Disease Control identifies Ebola and Marburg viruses as 'category A' pathogens (defined as posing a risk to national security as bioterrorism agents), which has lead to a search for vaccines that could prevent the disease. Because the use of such vaccines would be in the...
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