Virus-like particle vaccine protects monkeys from chikungunya virus

Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 18:21 in Biology & Nature

An experimental vaccine developed using noninfectious virus-like particles (VLP) has protected macaques and mice against chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne pathogen that has infected millions of people in Africa and Asia and causes debilitating pain, researchers have found.

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