«This is the first report of the immunogenicity of the Zika purified inactivated virus vaccine — or ZPIV — in humans,» said co-senior author Dan Barouch, MD, PhD, the Director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at BIDMC and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. (sciencedaily.com)
In the preclinical study, WRAIR and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center tested two Zika virus vaccine candidates: a DNA vaccine developed at Harvard based on a Zika virus strain isolated in Brazil, and a purified inactivated virus vaccine developed at WRAIR based on a Zika virus strain isolated in Puerto Rico. (sciencedaily.com)
With the exception of the FHV vaccine, there were no differences in the proportions of cats protected with inactivated virus versus MLV vaccines. (ocgainesville.org)