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Data on life sciences described by G. Donofrio et al
May 7th, 2008
A new study, 'Assessment of bovine herpesvirus 4 based vector in chicken,' is now available. "The biological characteristics of BoHV-4 make it a good candidate as a gene delivery vector for vaccination purposes. These characteristics include little or no pathogenicity, unlikely oncogenicity, the ability to accommodate large amounts of foreign genetic material, the ability to infect several cell types from different animal species, such as sheep, goats, swine, cats, dogs, rabbits, mink, horses, turkeys, ferrets, monkeys, hamsters, rats, mice, and chickens," investigators in Parma, Italy report. "In this report, the feasibility to use BoHV-4 based vector in chicken was...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-05-07)
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