Smallpox
Orlando to be among three cities to test vaccine
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, September 24th, 2002
The tests will determine what dosage protects people against the virus as a biological weapon.
Orlando's study will include 120 people, ages 18 through 29, who have never been vaccinated for smallpox. Other test sites are the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and a private medical center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The central Florida research, which began in late August 2002, will be done by Orlando Clinical Research Center.
"This is a very timely and very important issue," said Dr. Thomas Marbury, the center's...
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