Lassa fever caused by Lassa arenavirus could be prevented by one of the vaccine candidates that is found to be the most efficacious to enter clinical testing in humans. This raises hopes in the fight against a disease that claims between 5,000 and 6,000 lives every year.
The efficacy of the vaccine was evaluated by scientists in the Biology of Viral Emerging Infections Unit and the Viral Genomics and Vaccination Unit at the Institut Pasteur .
Lassa fever, a hemorrhagic fever caused by the ...
Lassa fever caused by Lassa arenavirus could be prevented by one of the vaccine candidates that is found to be the most efficacious to enter clinical testing in humans. This raises hopes in the fight against a disease that claims between 5,000 and 6,000 lives every year.
The efficacy of the vaccine was evaluated by scientists in the Biology of Viral Emerging Infections Unit and the Viral Genomics and Vaccination Unit at the Institut Pasteur .
Lassa fever, a hemorrhagic fever caused by the ...