New vaccine strategies could safely control Rift Valley fever

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 14:20 in Health & Medicine

Two new approaches could form the basis for the first-ever human vaccine for Rift Valley fever, an infectious disease that threatens both farm animals and people, say researchers. Experimental vaccines developed with these approaches produced strong immune responses in mice and may be safer than the only available RVF vaccine, which is limited to animal use.

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