Plague Vaccine
Plague is protected against by Yersinia pestis antigens expressed in plants
Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 29th, 2006
According to a study from the United States and Germany, "Plague is still an endemic disease in different regions of the world. Increasing reports of incidence, the discovery of antibiotic resistance strains, and concern about a potential use of the causative bacteria Yersinia pestis as an agent of biological warfare have highlighted the need for a safe, efficacious, and rapidly producible vaccine. The use of F1 and V antigens and the derived protein fusion F1-V has shown great potential as a protective vaccine in animal studies."
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-03-29)
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