Vaccination against mosquito borne viral infections: current status.
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چکیده
Mosquito borne infectious diseases are among important group of diseases worldwide. Vaccination is available for some tropical mosquito-borne diseases, especially for Japanese encephalitis virus infection and yellow fever. There are also several attempts to develop new vaccines for the other mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria, dengue infection and West Nile virus infection. In this article, the author reviews the issues on vaccination of some important tropical mosquito borne infectious diseases.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Iranian journal of immunology : IJI
دوره 4 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007