In silico design and validation of a novel multi-epitope vaccine candidate against structural proteins of Chikungunya virus using comprehensive immunoinformatics analyses

• Shirin Mahmoodi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran

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• Javad Zamani Amirzakaria,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Plant Biotechnology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran

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• Abdolmajid Ghasemian

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: majidghasemian86@gmail.com

  Affiliation Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1243-6341

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