| Literature DB >> 28397799 |
Gary Wong1,2, George F Gao1,2.
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Infections with Zika virus are strongly associated with complications such as congenital microcephaly and can trigger Guillain-Barré syndrome in humans, highlighting the urgent need for a safe, efficacious vaccine as a preventative countermeasure. In a recent paper published in Cell, Richner et al. generated a lipid nanoparticle encapsulated modified mRNA vaccine encoding the prM and E genes from Zika virus, which showed protection and sterilizing immunity in immunocompetent mice.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28397799 PMCID: PMC5587849 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2017.53
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Res ISSN: 1001-0602 Impact factor: 25.617