| Literature DB >> 30561672 |
Fatorma K Bolay1, Greg Grandits2, H Clifford Lane3, Stephen B Kennedy4, Melvin P Johnson5, Mosoka P Fallah1, Barthalomew Wilson5, Wissedi S Njoh6, Laura A McNay3, Lisa E Hensley3, Elizabeth S Higgs3.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In November 2015, a 15-year-old boy received a diagnosis of Ebola virus disease (EVD) at the John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Monrovia, Liberia. Two additional family members received a diagnosis of EVD. The protocol for a phase 2 placebo-controlled trial of 2 Ebola vaccines was amended and approved; in 4 days, a single-arm cluster vaccination trial using the Merck rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP vaccine was initiated. Here, we evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of the vaccine and discuss challenges for its implementation in a small Ebola outbreak.Entities:
Keywords: Ebola virus; Ebola virus disease; Liberia; PREVAIL; cluster vaccination; outbreak response; rVSVΔG-ZEBOV-GP vaccine; ring vaccination; vaccine
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Year: 2019 PMID: 30561672 PMCID: PMC6562162 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiy698
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226