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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
Volume 79, Issue 12, Pages 7845-7851Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.12.7845-7851.2005
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The use of classical smallpox vaccines based on vaccinia virus (W) is associated with severe complications in both naive and immune individuals. Modified vaccinia virus Ankara (WVA), a highly attenuated replication-deficient strain of W, has been proven to be safe in humans and immunocompromised animals, and its efficacy against smallpox is currently being addressed. Here we directly compare the efficacies of MVA alone and in combination with classical W-based vaccines in a cynomolgus macaque monkeypox model. The MVA-based smallpox vaccine protected macaques against a lethal respiratory challenge with monkeypox virus and is therefore an important candidate for the protection of humans against smallpox.
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