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  • The journal reference for the IEDB should be cited as:

    Vita R, Blazeska N, Marrama D; IEDB Curation Team Members; Duesing S, Bennett J, Greenbaum J, De Almeida Mendes M, Mahita J, Wheeler DK, Cantrell JR, Overton JA, Natale DA, Sette A, Peters B. The Immune Epitope Database (IEDB): 2024 update. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025 Jan 6;53(D1):D436-D443. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkae1092. PMID: 39558162; PMCID: PMC11701597.
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