Hantavirus Vaccine
Protective effectiveness of hantavirus vaccine reported
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, February 15th, 2005
"A case-control study in Korea evaluated the protective effectiveness of the hantavirus vaccine. Point estimates showed increasing effectiveness with increasing numbers of doses received: 25% for one dose, 46% for two doses, and 75% for three doses," scientists writing in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases report.
"All 95% confidence intervals overlapped zero; therefore, the findings could be due to chance," wrote Keeho Park at the National Cancer Center and collaborators in South Korea.
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