Poxvirus-Based Vaccine Platforms: Getting at Those Hard-To-Reach Places

Abstract

Rodolfo Nino-Fong & James B Johnston† †Author for correspondence Institute for Nutrisciences & Health, National Research Council Canada, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4P3, Canada Tel.: +1 902 566 8007; Fax: +1 902 367 7539; james.johnston@nrc.ca ‘The prominence of poxviruses as candidate vaccine vectors completes a circle begun in the 18th century when Jenner first tested the theory of vaccination using Cowpox virus to inoculate against smallpox infection.’