Thesis
Developing a novel vaccine for the prevention of severe disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus
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Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is a major global pathogen responsible for severe respiratory disease in infants, immune-compromised adults and the elderly. Infants suffer the greatest burden of disease, with up to 1 in 6 paediatric beds required each winter for cases of bronchiolitis (up to 80% caused by RSV) and 2-6% of these admissions require paediatric intensive care support. In resource poor areas of the world RSV is second only to malaria in all-cause infant mortality between t...
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- UUID:
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- Deposit date:
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2017-06-20
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- Copyright holder:
- Green, C
- Copyright date:
- 2017
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