April 25, 2016
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VIDEO: Limited knowledge about Zika poses challenge in vaccine development
BALTIMORE — Col. Paul B. Keiser, MD, from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, reviews current progress in the development of a Zika virus vaccine. Researchers are now in the process of selecting a strain and producing clinical lots of an inactivated vaccine. A significant challenge, according to Keiser, is our limited knowledge about the virus.
“We are learning more every single day,” he says.
Disclosure: Keiser reports no relevant financial disclosures.