Evaluating Temperature Sensitivity of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Based Vaccines.

Evaluating Temperature Sensitivity of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Based Vaccines. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Aug 17;25(8): Authors: Stein DR, Sroga P, Warner BM, Deschambault Y, Poliquin G, Safronetz D Abstract Use of the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-based Ebola virus vaccine during outbreaks and the potential use of a similar VSV-based Lassa virus vaccine has raised questions about the vaccines' stability should the cold chain fail. We demonstrated that current cold chain condition might tolerate significant variances without affecting efficacy. PMID: 31141474 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Emerg Infect Dis Source Type: research