A Common Live-Attenuated Avian Herpesvirus Vaccine Expresses a Very Potent Oncogene

ABSTRACT Vaccines play a crucial role in the protection of animals and humans from deadly pathogens. The first vaccine that also protected against cancer was developed against the highly oncogenic herpesvirus Marek’s disease virus (MDV). MDV infects chickens and causes severe immunosuppression, neur...

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Main Authors: Andelé M. Conradie, Luca D. Bertzbach, Nirajan Bhandari, Mark Parcells, Benedikt B. Kaufer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-10-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00658-19