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Genetic variation in vitro and in vivo of an attenuated Lassa vaccine candidate.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2014
Zapata Juan C, Goicochea Marco, Nadai Yuka, Eyzaguirre Lindsay M, Carr Jean K, Tallon Luke J, Sadzewicz Lisa, Myers Garry, Fraser Claire M, Su Qi, Djavani Mahmoud, Lukashevich Igor S, Salvato Maria S
Abstract excerpt
The attenuated Lassa vaccine candidate ML29 is a laboratory-produced reassortant between Lassa and Mopeia viruses, two Old World arenaviruses that differ by 40% in nucleic acid sequence. In our previous studies, ML29 elicited sterilizing immunity against Lassa virus challenge in guinea pigs and marmosets and virus-specific cell-mediated immunity in both simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected and uninfected...
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