This strategy of using the whole capsid precursor protein P1 cDNA for vaccination, intentionally without the use of virus-specific protease or other encoding genes for safety reasons, may thus be employed as a relevant experimental system for induction or upgrading of effective neutralizing antibody response, and as a convenient surrogate test system for DNA vaccination studies of FMDV and presumably other viral diseases.
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