Advancements in Zika virus vaccine development

Zika vaccine development is an ongoing area of research with several candidates in the pipeline. Zika infection during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, preterm birth and infants to be born with microcephaly or other congenital malformations. Because of its link to birth defects, WHO declared Zika vi...

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Published in:Infectious Disease News 2024-03, Vol.37 (3), p.3-3
Main Author: Brock, Jeff
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies
Clinical trials
Congenital diseases
Disease
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Infection
Infections
Medical research
Mosquitoes
Proteins
Public health
RNA
Vaccines
Viral infections
West Nile virus
Zika virus
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Summary:Zika vaccine development is an ongoing area of research with several candidates in the pipeline. Zika infection during pregnancy can cause miscarriage, preterm birth and infants to be born with microcephaly or other congenital malformations. Because of its link to birth defects, WHO declared Zika virus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern for much of 2016. Participants received either a 1 mg or 2 mg dose of GLS-5700 vaccine by intradermal injection, followed by electroporation at the site of the inoculation to increase the immunogenicity of the vaccine.
ISSN:1056-9251