Analysis groups hone in on Zika vaccines, however challenges stay
As public well being officers warn that spring's hotter temperatures could herald one other enhance of Zika virus infections within the Caribbean and North and South America, researchers around the globe are racing to develop secure and efficient measures to forestall the illness. In a assessment paper printed within the journal Immunity , a gaggle of main vaccine scientists -- together with Dan H. Barouch, MD, PhD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Heart (BIDMC) -- define advances within the hunt for a Zika vaccine and the challenges that also lie forward. "The tempo of preclinical and early medical growth for Zika vaccines is unprecedented," stated Barouch, corresponding writer and director of the Heart for Virology and Vaccine Analysis at BIDMC. "In lower than a 12 months, our group and others have demonstrated that a number of vaccine platforms can present strong safety in opposition to Zika virus problem in animal fashions. Nonetheless, distinctive chall...