Advanced Vaccine Candidates for Lassa Fever.docVIP

Viruses 2012, 4, 2514-2557; doi:10.3390/v4112514 OPEN ACCESS viruses ISSN 1999–4915 /journal/viruses Review Advanced Vaccine Candidates for Lassa Fever Igor S. Lukashevich Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, and the Center for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA; E-Mail: isluka01@; Tel. +1-502-852-8822; Fax: +1-502-852-5468. Received: 27 September 2012; in revised form: 20 October 2012 / Accepted: 22 October 2012 / Published: 29 October 2012 Abstract: Lassa virus (LASV) is the most prominent