Introduction:
Currently, there is no approved vaccine against the Zika virus. However, several organizations are actively developing vaccines using various platforms and techonologies. While many of these are in the early stages, several are based upon previously approved platforms and designs against dengue and other infectious disease agents. In March, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a list of organizations describing for approaches towards Zika vaccine development. This short editorial describes the overview of Zika virus and vaccine development.
BT - Expert review of vaccines C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27212079?dopt=Abstract
DO - 10.1080/14760584.2016.1192474 J2 - Expert Rev Vaccines LA - eng N2 -Introduction:
Currently, there is no approved vaccine against the Zika virus. However, several organizations are actively developing vaccines using various platforms and techonologies. While many of these are in the early stages, several are based upon previously approved platforms and designs against dengue and other infectious disease agents. In March, 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a list of organizations describing for approaches towards Zika vaccine development. This short editorial describes the overview of Zika virus and vaccine development.
PY - 2016 T2 - Expert review of vaccines TI - Development of a Zika vaccine. UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14760584.2016.1192474 SN - 1744-8395 ER -