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Infectious RNA vaccine protects mice against chikungunya virus infection.
Scientific reports - 3 Dec 2020
Szurgot Inga, Ljungberg Karl, Kümmerer Beate M, Liljeström Peter
Abstract excerpt
We describe a novel vaccine platform that can generate protective immunity to chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in C57BL/6J mice after a single immunization by employing an infectious RNA (iRNA), which upon introduction into a host cell launches an infectious attenuated virus. We and others have previously reported that an engineered deletion of 183 nucleotides in the nsP3 gene attenuates chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and...
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