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Original Research

Bovine herpesvirus 4-based vector delivering a hybrid rat/human HER-2 oncoantigen efficiently protects mice from autochthonous Her-2+ mammary cancer

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Article: e1082705 | Received 26 Jun 2015, Accepted 08 Aug 2015, Published online: 21 Mar 2016

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