A versatile vaccine that can protect mice from emerging tick-borne viruses
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 - 15:40
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have developed a vaccine that is effective in mice against Powassan virus, an emerging tick-borne virus that can cause life-threatening encephalitis in humans. They also show that the vaccine produces antibodies that can protect the mice against other, related tick-transmitted flaviviruses.