Bird Flu Vaccines
Research from Auburn University, Department of Pathobiology has provided new data on bird flu vaccines
Published in Health Risk Factor Week, May 8th, 2007
Data detailed in "Protective avian influenza in ovo vaccination with non-replicating human adenovirus vector" have been presented. According to recent research from the United States, "Protective immunity against avian influenza virus was elicited in chickens by single-dose in ovo vaccination with a non-replicating human adenovirus vector encoding an H5N9 avian influenza virus hemagglutinin. Vaccinated chickens were protected against both H5N1 (89% hemagglutinin homology; 68% protection) and H5N2 (94% hemagglutinin homology; 100% protection) highly pathogenic avian influenza virus challenges."
"This vaccine can be mass-administered using available robotic in ovo...
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