Monday, 26 December 2016

PRO/AH/EDR> Ebola update (72): vaccine, research, NGO, media

Ebola -- Liberia
rVSV-ZEBOV is a recombinant, replication competent vesicular stomatitis virus [VSV]-based candidate vaccine expressing a surface glycoprotein of _Zaire ebolavirus_. We tested the effect of rVSV-ZEBOV in preventing Ebola virus disease [EVD] in contacts and contacts of contacts of recently confirmed cases in Guinea, West Africa.
Interpretation
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The results add weight to the interim assessment that rVSV-ZEBOV offers substantial protection against EVD, with no cases among

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