Adenovirus-mediated gene therapy against viral biothreat agents
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The common features of viral biothreat agents are highly lethal, easy to grow, and transmissible by aerosol. The examples of viral diseases caused by these agents are smallpox, viral hemorrhagic fevers, and viral encephalitis together with newly emerged viral diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and avian influenza. A deliberate release of these agents on general public or a natural outbreak could pose a great threat to the public health and global economy. Vaccine development is an important strategy to thwart the threat of these viral biothreat agents. There is an urgent need to improve Correspondence/Reprint request: Dr. Josh Q.H. Wu. Chemical Biological Defence Section. Defence R&D CanadaSuffield. Box 4000. Station Main. Medicine Hat. Alberta, Tl A 8K6. Canada E-mail: josh. [email protected]
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