Measles vaccine in modified form also effective against Chikungunya virus

Monday, March 2, 2015 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

A modified, conventional measles vaccine has the potential to act against the Chikungunya virus, concludes a recent study. Up until now, there has been no effective vaccine against the Chikungunya virus and the associated feverish illness which can prove lethal, and is particularly prevalent in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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