Protection against viral infections with the aid of synthetic peptides. Foot-and-mouth disease as an example.
The problems involved in the use of synthetic peptides as antiviral vaccines are reviewed. The possibilities of protection against virus-induced disease are demonstrated in relation to foot-and-mouth disease.
Vol'pina
O M
OM
Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow.
Surovoi AYu
Ivanov
V T
VT
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