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How do you test an Ebola vaccine?

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Scientists in West Africa are racing to determine what immunization strategies could be most effective to contain the epidemic.

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Callaway, E. How do you test an Ebola vaccine?. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.16579

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