Ebola Vaccine Candidate Promising in Early Study
An experimental Ebola vaccine called VSV-ZEBOV was safe and produced robust antibody responses in all the healthy adults who received it. It’s now being tested in Liberia.
SOURCE: NIH Research Matters – Read entire story here.
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