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- Title
Safeguarding against Ebola: Vaccines and therapeutics to be stockpiled for future outbreaks.
- Authors
Espeland, Eric M.; Tsai, Chia-Wei; Larsen, Joseph; Disbrow, Gary L.
- Abstract
The article discusses the need of stockpiling vaccines and therapeutics to be for future outbreaks of Ebola. It states that the 2014 epidemic exposed inadequacies in the medical countermeasure preparedness of international governments and organizations in effectively addressing the spread of the Ebola virus, and mentions that prior to the outbreak data on Ebola vaccines had been derived from nonclinical efficacy studies. It notes en experimental drug developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical.
- Subjects
EBOLA virus disease prevention; EBOLA virus disease vaccines; TREATMENT of Ebola virus diseases; DISEASE outbreaks; MAPP Biopharmaceutical Inc.
- Publication
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1935-2727
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0006275