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SARS coronavirus vaccine has been developed

Published in Vaccine Weekly, April 5th, 2006

Scientists have developed a double-inactivated whole virus candidate SARS coronavirus vaccine.

"A double-inactivated candidate whole virus vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV) was developed and manufactured at large scale using fermenter cultures of serum protein free Vero cells. A two-step inactivation procedure involving sequential formaldehyde and UV inactivation was utilized in order to ensure an extremely high safety margin with respect to residual infectivity. The immunogenicity of this double-inactivated vaccine was characterized in the mouse model," scientists writing in the journal Vaccine report.

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