Plant-produced chimeric virus-like particles - a new generation vaccine against African horse sickness

Plant-produced chimeric virus-like particles - a new generation vaccine against African horse sickness

Abstract Background African horse sickness (AHS) is a severe arthropod-borne viral disease of equids, with a mortality rate of up to 95% in susceptible naïve horses. Due to safety concerns with the current live, attenuated AHS vaccine, alternate safe and effective vaccination strategies such as viru...

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Main Authors: Daria A. Rutkowska, Nobalanda B. Mokoena, Tsepo L. Tsekoa, Vusi S. Dibakwane, Martha M. O’Kennedy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
Plant-expressed
Chimeric
Virus-like particle
VLP
Vaccine
African horse sickness
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-019-2184-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-019-2184-2

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