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Pandemic influenza A virus (H1N1) 2009 poses a serious public-health challenge worldwide. To characterize the neutralizing epitopes of this virus, we generated a panel of eight monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) aga...
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Plasmid DNA vaccines are considered alternatives to inactivated influenza virus vaccines to control influenza. Vaccination with a hemagglutinin (HA)-, HA ectodomain (HAe)-, or HA subunit 1 (HA1)-based vaccine...
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Open AccessBoth chimpanzee adenovirus-vectored and DNA vaccines induced long-term immunity against Nipah virus infection
Nipah virus (NiV) is a highly lethal zoonotic paramyxovirus that poses a severe threat to humans due to its high morbidity and the lack of viable countermeasures. Vaccines are the most crucial defense against ...