CIFSRF final technical report : vaccines for viral diseases of livestock in Africa (CIFSRF Phase 2)
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2018-10
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The project contributes to food security in Africa by generating vaccines for prevention of high-impact viral livestock diseases. It developed testing and transition to production of several vaccines, based on two platform technologies. The first is based on lumpy skin disease viral (LSDV) vector, working to construct combinations of vector and inserts, allowing for adaptation to a variety of threats and markets. The second platform technology is based on porcine adenovirus (PAdV) using bioinformatics for their potential to confer protective immunity against African swine fever (ASF). A strong socio-economic research program guided the development of scaling-up strategies for vaccine roll out, in parallel to vaccine development.
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This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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Final Technical Report
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VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, LIVESTOCK, LUMPY SKIN DISEASE, SWINE FEVER, SMALLHOLDERS, LOCAL LEVEL, BIOTECHNOLOGY, DISEASE VECTORS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH OF SAHARA