Prospects of and Barriers to the Development of Epitope-Based Vaccines against Human Metapneumovirus

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a major cause of respiratory illnesses in children, the elderly and immunocompromised patients. Although this pathogen was only discovered in 2001, an enormous amount of research has been conducted in order to develop safe and effective vaccines to prevent people from...

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Published in:	Pathogens
Main Authors:	Ekaterina Stepanova, Victoria Matyushenko, Larisa Rudenko, Irina Isakova-Sivak
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Subjects:	human metapneumovirus HMPV vaccine impaired immune responses epitope-based vaccines viral vectors conserved HMPV epitopes
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/9/6/481