Vaccines block Zika in mice, boosting hopes for human jab

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Vaccines block Zika in mice, boosting hopes for human jab

Paris - A single shot of either vaccine "provided complete protection against Zika virus" in mice.

By AFP

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Published: Tue 28 Jun 2016, 7:12 PM

Last updated: Tue 28 Jun 2016, 9:14 PM

Two vaccines gave mice "complete" Zika protection, said researchers Tuesday who claimed progress towards the creation of an effective human shield against the brain-damaging virus.
A single shot of either vaccine "provided complete protection against Zika virus" in mice, said Dan Barouch, director of the Harvard Medical School's Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, who co-authored a paper in the journal Nature.


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