- Humoral immune responses (ELISA, Virus Neutralization, Plaque Reduction, Haemagglutination Inhibition, etc. )
- Cell-mediated immune responses;
- Prime-boost strategies;
- Production of hyper immune serum;
- Longevity of protection;
- Dose-finding, Dose-optimization;
- Clinical scoring (signs of disease, body temperature, lung function, etc), viral loads (by quantitative PCR and virus titration), gross pathology, histopathology, immune histochemistry, etc.
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