Measles vaccines - A positive step toward eradicating a negative strand

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Arvin, AM [1 ]
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[1] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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10.1038/77462
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Measles is the leading cause of vaccine-preventable deaths among children worldwide. The development of a measles DNA vaccine may prevent the complications associated with non-infectious vaccine approaches and eventually contribute to global measles eradication (pages 776-781).
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