Challenges for African swine fever vaccine development—“… perhaps the end of the beginning.”

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 206, Issue , 2017, Pages 52-58

  Rock, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

African swine fever; ASF vaccine, protective antigens; ASF, protective immunity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS VACCINE; DNA VACCINE; INACTIVATED VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRAL PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS VACCINE;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; VACCINATION; VACCINE IMMUNOGENICITY; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOLOGY; PIG; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICAN SWINE FEVER; AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUS; ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; RUSSIA; SWINE; VACCINATION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 85002249000     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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