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Sendai Virus Animal Studies
Studies from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Department of Infectious Diseases in the area of sendai virus animal studies published
August 27th, 2008
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Sendai virus recombinant vaccine expressing hPIV-3 HN or F elicits protective immunity and combines with a second recombinant to prevent hPIV-1, hPIV-3 and RSV infections.' "The human parainfluenza viruses (hPIVs) and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are the leading causes of serious respiratory illness in the human pediatric population. Despite decades of research, there are currently no licensed vaccines for either the hPIV or RSV pathogens," scientists in the United States report. "Here we describe the testing of hPIV-3 and RSV candidate vaccines using Sendai virus (SeV, murine PIV-1) as a vector. SeV was selected as the...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-08-27)
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