West Nile Virus

Promising vaccine protects monkeys

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 9th, 2003

Scientists at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have created a promising vaccine against West Nile virus by replacing parts of a distantly related virus with proteins from the West Nile virus.

The NIAID research team replaced proteins in a virus known as dengue type 4 with the corresponding West Nile virus proteins, creating a hybrid virus vaccine that protects monkeys from West Nile infection, they reported in a paper published in the September 2003 issue of the journal Virology.

"The Department of Health and Human Services has responded vigorously to emerging infectious diseases, including West Nile...

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