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Using a Virion Assembly-Defective Dengue Virus as a Vaccine Approach.
Journal of virology - 1 Nov 2018
Shan Chao, Xie Xuping, Zou Jing, Züst Roland, Zhang Bo, Ambrose Rebecca, Mackenzie Jason, Fink Katja, Shi Pei-Yong
Abstract excerpt
Dengue virus (DENV) is the most prevalent mosquito-transmitted viral pathogen in humans. The recently licensed dengue vaccine has major weaknesses. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop improved dengue vaccines. Here, we report a virion assembly-defective DENV as a vaccine platform. DENV containing an amino acid deletion (K188) in nonstructural protein 2A (NS2A) is fully competent in viral RNA replication...
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