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MVA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate shows strong immunogenicity in preclinical trials – News-Medical.Net

A new study reports the preclinical testing of a recombinant MVA (rMVA) candidate vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the agent that is causing the current COVID-19 pandemic….

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The modified vaccina virus Ankara (MVA) is an attenuated vaccinia virus that has been used as a vector in the already approved Adenovirus-MVA-based Ebola vaccine. A new preprint appearing on the bioRxiv* server reports the preclinical testing of a recombinant MVA (rMVA) candidate vaccine against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that is causing the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The MVA provides a vector platform for the rapid production…

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