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ArticleExpert review of vaccines2011

Safety and immunogenicity of a chimeric vaccine for West Nile virus in aged subjects.

David W C Beasley

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Article in Expert review of vaccines, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

David W C BeasleyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, Galveston, TX, USA. d.beasley@utmb.edu
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Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A recent Phase II clinical trial has demonstrated comparable safety and immunogenicity of ChimeriVax-WN02, a chimeric West Nile virus (WNV) vaccine candidate based on yellow fever 17D, in small cohorts of healthy adults aged 18-40, 41-64 and 65-80 years. Adults ≥65 years of age are an important target population for candidate WNV vaccines as they have a high risk for severe WNV neuroinvasive disease. The apparent safety and immunogenicity of ChimeriVax-WN02 in this population indicates that further development and clinical testing are justified.

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