一种利用先前BCG免疫接种的病毒疫苗设计,可以提供对埃博拉病毒的保护

Tony W Ng1, Wakako Furuyama2, Ariel S Wirchnianski1

  • 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States.

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概括

这种新型抗病毒疫苗策略利用BCG疫苗接种中现有的CD4+辅助T细胞,增强抗体反应并提供对埃博拉病毒的保护. 这种方法为新出现的流行病提供了一种快速免疫方法.

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