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Poliovirus Vaccine for the Post Eradication Era

Jane Cardosa of Sentinext Therapeutics in Malaysia will design recombinant viruses that can generate self-assembling poliovirus-like particles for use in a poliovirus vaccine. Such a vaccine will be important after wild poliovirus has been eradicated so that people will still have access to a protective vaccine without the necessity of maintaining live poliovirus stocks.

More information about The Poliovirus Endgame: Create ways to Accelerate, Sustain and Monitor Eradication (Round 6)