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Chikungunya Virus Vaccine Candidate Incorporating Synergistic Mutations Is Attenuated and Protects Against Virulent Virus Challenge.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2023
Lentscher Anthony J, McAllister Nicole, Griswold Kira A, Martin James L, Welsh Olivia L, Sutherland Danica M, Silva Laurie A, Dermody Terence S
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BACKGROUND: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus that periodically emerges to cause large epidemics of arthritic disease. Although the robust immunity elicited by live-attenuated virus (LAV) vaccine candidates makes them attractive, CHIKV vaccine development has been hampered by a high threshold for acceptable adverse events. METHODS: We evaluated the vaccine potential of a recently described LAV, skeletal...
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