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Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine Produces Local Antibody Response

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 11th, 1998

A new nasal spray vaccine is being studied that may prove to be an effective way of vaccinating children against influenza.

A report presented at the 1998 Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meeting shows that children given the new vaccine developed anti-influenza antibodies in their nasal secretions.

Influenza epidemics occur yearly and are an important cause of winter-time respiratory illness throughout the world. Infection rates are highest in young children, often exceeding 40 percent. A current vaccine is given by intramuscular injection and is not administered routinely to healthy children.

Vaccines work by stimulating...

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