Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5537344 | Vaccine | 2016 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
After the approval of the first vectored human vaccine, based on a flavivirus vector, vaccine vector technology, especially based on poxviruses and adenoviruses, holds great promise for future vaccine development. It may lead to cheaper methods for the production of safe vaccines against diseases for which no or less perfect vaccines exist today, thus catering for an unmet medical need. After the introduction of Jenner's vaccinia virus as the first vaccine more than two centuries ago, which eventually led to the recent eradication of smallpox, this and other viruses may now be the basis for constructing vectors that may help us control other major scourges of mankind.
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Authors
Bahar Ramezanpour, Ingrid Haan, Ab Osterhaus, Eric Claassen,