Protective efficacy of Newcastle disease virus expressing soluble trimeric hemagglutinin against highly pathogenic H5N1 influenza in chickens and mice.

BACKGROUND: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) causes a highly contagious often fatal disease in poultry, resulting in significant economic losses in the poultry industry. HPAIV H5N1 also poses a major public health threat as it can be transmitted directly from infected poultry to human...

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Main Authors: Lisette A H M Cornelissen, Olav S de Leeuw, Mirriam G Tacken, Heleen C Klos, Robert P de Vries, Els A de Boer-Luijtze, Diana J van Zoelen-Bos, Alan Rigter, Peter J M Rottier, Rob J M Moormann, Cornelis A M de Haan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3429475?pdf=render