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Why does drug resistance readily evolve but vaccine resistance does not?

Why is drug resistance common and vaccine resistance rare? Drugs and vaccines both impose substantial pressure on pathogen populations to evolve resistance and indeed, drug resistance typically emerges soon after the introduction of a drug. But vaccine resistance has only rarely emerged. Using well-...

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Autores principales: Kennedy, David A., Read, Andrew F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5378080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28356449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2562