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Foot and Mouth Disease
New foot and mouth disease findings from Huazhong Agricultural University published
July 23rd, 2008
"Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) causes morbidity to livestock and serious economic consequences to its associated industry and therefore it is necessary to develop a safe and efficient vaccine to prevent or control this disease. A recombinant live attenuated virus vaccine, designated PRV-P1, was generated by insertion of an expression cassette containing CMV promoter, FMDV P1 gene and SV 40 poly-A into the gG gene region of a live attenuated pseudorabies virus vaccine strain (TK-/gG(-)/LacZ(+))," scientists in Wuhan, People's Republic of China report. "To determine the induction of protective immunity, 16 FMDV and PRV seronegative white swine were randomly divided into...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-23)
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