A novel high-throughput vaccinia virus neutralization assay and preexisting immunity in populations from different geographic regions in China.

BACKGROUND: Pre-existing immunity to Vaccinia Tian Tan virus (VTT) resulting from a large vaccination campaign against smallpox prior to the early 1980s in China, has been a major issue for application of VTT-vector based vaccines. It is essential to establish a sensitive and high-throughput neutral...

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Main Authors: Qiang Liu, Weijin Huang, Jianhui Nie, Rong Zhu, Dongying Gao, Aijing Song, Shufang Meng, Xuemei Xu, Youchun Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3306400?pdf=render