Exploiting viral properties for the rational design of modern vaccines

@article{Spohn2008ExploitingVP,
  title={Exploiting viral properties for the rational design of modern vaccines},
  author={Gunther Spohn and Martin F. Bachmann},
  journal={Expert Review of Vaccines},
  year={2008},
  volume={7},
  pages={43 - 54},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:40130001}
}
This review will describe the key immunogenic determinants of viruses and discuss how they can be harnessed for the development of tailor-made vaccines against a wide array of human diseases.
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