Herpes Virus Vaccines
Reports summarize herpes virus vaccines research from University of California
Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 12th, 2011
2011 JAN 12 -- According to recent research from the United States, "Due to the oncogenic potential associated with persistent infection of human gamma-herpesviruses, including Epstein-Barr virus (EBV or HHV-4) and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV or HHV-8), vaccine development has focused on subunit vaccines. However, the results using an animal model of mouse infection with a related rodent virus, murine gamma-herpesvirus 68 (MHV-68, gamma HV-68, or MuHV-4), have shown that the only effective vaccination strategy is based on live attenuated viruses, including viruses engineered to be incapable of establishing persistence."
"Vaccination with a...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2011-01-12)
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