Participants at the February 2011 meeting at the U.S. National Institutes of Health on Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) vaccine research recommend that future clinical trials have two goals: prevention of infectious mononucleosis and EBV-associated cancers, facilitated by identification of disease-predictive surrogate markers.
At a meeting held at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) on 1 February 2011, scientists from government, academia, and industry (1) assembled to discuss the merits of a vaccine for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and the opportunities and challenges for its development. Here, we highlight relevant clinical and epidemiological data and make recommendations for future EBV vaccine research and development.
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From: [J. I. Cohen, A. S. Fauci, H. Varmus, G. J. Nabel, Epstein-Barr Virus: An Important Vaccine Target for Cancer Prevention. Sci. Transl. Med. 3, 107fs7 (2011).]. Reprinted with permission from AAAS.
