The development of small animal models for zika virus vaccine efficacy testing and pathological assessment

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1187-1188

  Brault, Aaron C ^a,b   Bowen, Richard A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZIKA VIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS VACCINE;

DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; MICROCEPHALY; MURINE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION; VIREMIA; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MICE; VIRAL VACCINES; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84971571983     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0277     Document Type: Editorial

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