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Review

Measles virus

A pathogen, vaccine, and a vector

Pages 21-26 | Received 04 Aug 2014, Accepted 04 Aug 2014, Published online: 01 Nov 2014
 

Abstract

Measles was an inevitable infection during the human development with substantial degree of morbidity and mortality. The severity of measles virus (MV) infection was largely contained by the development of a live attenuated vaccine that was introduced into the vaccination programs. However, all efforts to eradicate the disease failed and continued to annually result in significant deaths. The development of molecular biology techniques allowed the rescue of MV from cDNA that enabled important insights into a variety of aspects of the biology of the virus and its pathogenesis. Subsequently these technologies facilitated the development of novel vaccine candidates that induce immunity against measles and other pathogens. Based on the promising prospective, the use of MV as a recombinant vaccine and a therapeutic vector is addressed.

Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest

No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

Acknowledgment

This review is dedicated to the memory of my father who was a source of inspiration. In remembrance of my colleague and friend Steve Udem, for his documented input in the field of Mononegavirales reverse genetics. I would like to thank all members of my Group who contributed to the success of MV vector. The work on the HIV research at my Lab was supported by NIH grant AI-46007 and contract No. HHAS266200600018C to H.Y.N.

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