The use of guinea pigs in evaluating the efficiency of Lassa-fever vaccine

Voprosy Virusologii

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 43-45

  Firsova, I V ^a   Shatokhina, I V ^a   Borisevich, I V ^a   Evseev, A A ^a   Maksimov, V A ^a   Pantyukhov, V B ^a   Khmelyov, A L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Experimental model; Guinea pigs; Infections; Lassa fever

Indexed keywords

LASSA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LASSA FEVER; NONHUMAN; VACCINE PRODUCTION; VIRUS CLASSIFICATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INACTIVATION; ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LASSA VIRUS; MALE;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; LASSA VIRUS; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; LASSA FEVER; LASSA VIRUS; MALE; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 4944232146     PISSN: 05074088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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