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2003 AUG 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new fast-acting Ebola vaccine protects cynomolgus macaque monkeys from infection within just 1 month, about six times faster than previous vaccines.
This accelerated approach may provide an effective barrier to outbreaks of Ebola, which are continuing to emerge in great ape populations of central Africa, claimed a report in Nature.
Previous immunization programs against Ebola hemorrhagic fever in non-human primates required 6 months to complete and comprised several injections - initial priming with DNA encoding Ebola virus proteins followed by booster injections. The time taken to achieve immunity using this strategy ...