Published in Vaccine Weekly, October 25th, 2006
According to a study from the United States, "Modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) is an attenuated strain of vaccinia virus (VV) that has attracted significant attention as a candidate viral vector vaccine for immunization against infectious diseases and treatment of malignancies.
"Although MVA is unable to replicate in most nonavian cells, vaccination with MVA elicits immune responses that approximate those seen after the administration of replication-competent strains of VV. However, the mechanisms by which these viruses...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-10-25)
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