Open AccessDesign and Evaluation of a Multi-Epitope Peptide of Human Metapneumovirus
Author(s) -
Xiaoyan Li,
Liru Guo,
Mei Kong,
Xu Su,
Dawei Yang,
Ming Zou,
Liu Ying-hua,
Li-kun Lü
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
intervirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.641
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1423-0100
pISSN - 0300-5526
DOI - 10.1159/000445059
Subject(s) - human metapneumovirus , epitope , virology , metapneumovirus , peptide , human parainfluenza virus , computational biology , biology , medicine , immunology , antibody , virus , respiratory system , respiratory tract infections , biochemistry
No licensed vaccines or therapeutic agents for human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection exist to date. We aimed to construct a multi-epitope peptide (MEP) of hMPV to show promising results for epitope-based vaccine development.