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Avian Influenza
Bird flu vaccine could be basis for life-saving stockpile
July 14th, 2006
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have announced that a vaccine they developed a few years ago against one antigenic variant of the avian influenza virus H5N1 may protect humans against future variants of the virus. Vaccines based on this model might therefore be suitable for stockpiling for use during a pandemic until a new vaccine could be developed specifically against the variant causing the outbreak, the researchers said. A prepublication report on the study appears in the online issue of Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID). The researchers showed that the vaccine completely protected ferrets from a lethal nasal...
Source: Genomics & Genetics Weekly (2006-07-14)
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