°®ÍþÄÌapp reaction to paper about Ebola immunity
26 September 2014 °®ÍþÄÌapp of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine °®ÍþÄÌapp of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine https://lshtm.ac.uk/themes/custom/lshtm/images/lshtm-logo-black.png°®ÍþÄÌapp reaction to about Ebola immunity generated in non-human primates. The study reported the use of two vaccines to protect against Ebola virus in macaques, with protection seen up to ten months after vaccination.
, Professor of Emerging Infectious Disease at the °®ÍþÄÌapp of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said:
"The paper by Sullivan and colleagues describes a novel vaccine approach to Ebola that gives hope for a successful trial in humans, with the innovative prime-boost method overcoming a known limitation of this method. However, this chimpanzee adenovirus vaccine may still have an unusually large barrier to overcome when transferring to humans, so I hope these trials can begin as soon as possible. A long lasting protective immunisation process is just what is needed."
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