Investigation of local South African avipoxviruses as potential vaccine vectors

Includes bibliographical references. === Avipoxviruses are large, genetically diverse DNA viruses which are particularly desirable for use as vaccine vectors as a result of their excellent safety profile and host range restriction. In this study, 8 novel South African (SA) avipoxvirus isolates were...

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Main Author: Offerman, Kristy-Maree
Other Authors: Williamson, Anna-Lise
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12869