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One step closer to a transmissible vaccine for rabies virus
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One step closer to a transmissible vaccine for rabies virus

Scott L Nuismer
PLoS biology, Vol.20(4), p.e3001607
04/2022
PMID: 35442969

Abstract

Animals Chiroptera - virology Disease Vectors Rabies - immunology Rabies - prevention & control Rabies - transmission Rabies virus - genetics Rabies virus - immunology Vaccines
A recent study in PLOS Biology shows that a betaherpesvirus circulating with the vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, could serve as an effective vector for a transmissible vaccine capable of reducing the risk of rabies virus spillover in Peru.
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