Publication . Silva, Ana Carina Santos Ferreira da; Alves, Paula; Cruz, Pedro
Viral products, including viral vaccines and viral vectors, are important tools
for disease prevention and therapy. Viral vaccines, such as attenuated or
inactivated rabies virus, influenza virus or hepatitis virus vaccines are powerful
tools to limit the number of serious viral infections and pandemics. This type of
biopharmaceuticals are used to improve human quality of life with vaccination
being the most cost-effective method available for preventing economic losses
and increasing the lifespan of both people and livestock. On the other hand,
adenoviruses, adeno-associated viruses and retroviruses are among the viral
vectors currently being developed for delivering genetic material to the target
cell in a growing number of gene therapy clinical applications(...)
