Recent advances in the vaccine development against middle east respiratory syndrome-coronavirus

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2019, Pages 1-18

  Yong, Chean Yeah ^a   Ong, Hui Kian ^a   Yeap, Swee Keong ^b   Ho, Kok Lian ^a   Tan, Wen Siang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Xiamen University   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Animal model; Antibody dependent enhancement; Coronavirus; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS VECTOR; ADJUVANT; CD40 LIGAND; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; DNA VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INACTIVATED VIRUS VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; NANOPARTICLE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; NUCLEOCAPSID PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; SUBUNIT VACCINE; VIRAL PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS LIKE PARTICLE VACCINE; VIRUS SPIKE PROTEIN; VIRUS VACCINE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANTIBODY DEPENDENT ENHANCEMENT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPUTER MODEL; CRISPR-CAS9 SYSTEM; DOWN REGULATION; DROMEDARY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROPORATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; VIRUS ATTENUATION; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS SPIKE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85075056854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01781     Document Type: Article

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