ARTICLE: "Postexposure protection against Marburg haemorrhagic fever with recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus vectors in non-human primates: an efficacy assessment," by KM Daddario-DiCaprio et al. The Lancet DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68546-2 (2006). This study was conducted by scientists at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences; the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases; the Public Health Agency of Canada; the University of Manitoba; and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), which is part of the National Institutes of Health.
SPOKESPERSON: Peter B. Jahrling, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, NIAID Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, is available to comment on the study's findings.
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