Ebola virus vaccines: Where do we stand?
V Pavot - Clinical immunology, 2016 - Elsevier
The recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in West Africa has led to more than 11,000
deaths, with a peak in mortality from August through December of 2014. A meeting
convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in September 2014, concluded that an
urgent unmet need exists for efficacy and safety testing of the Ebola virus vaccine
candidates and that clinical trials should be expedited. These vaccines could be used both
in an outbreak setting and to provide long-term protection in populations at risk of sporadic …
deaths, with a peak in mortality from August through December of 2014. A meeting
convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in September 2014, concluded that an
urgent unmet need exists for efficacy and safety testing of the Ebola virus vaccine
candidates and that clinical trials should be expedited. These vaccines could be used both
in an outbreak setting and to provide long-term protection in populations at risk of sporadic …
