Media Availability: Experimental MERS Vaccine Shows Promise in Animal Studies

Media Availability: Experimental MERS Vaccine Shows Promise in Animal Studies

Tuesday July 28, 2015

Experimental MERS Vaccine Shows Promise in Animal Studies

MERS Coronavirus

NIAID researchers designed an experimental vaccine against Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) and tested it in mice and monkeys. Vaccinated mice developed broadly neutralizing antibodies against multiple strains of the virus that causes MERS, while vaccinated macaque monkeys were protected from severe lung damage after exposure to the virus.