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Influenza
Recent studies from Medical University of Vienna add new data to influenza
July 15th, 2008
"Widespread infections of avian species with avian influenza H5N1 virus and its limited spread to humans suggest that the virus has the potential to cause a human influenza pandemic. An urgent need exists for an H5N1 vaccine that is effective against divergent strains of H5N1 virus," scientists writing in the New U.K. Journal of Medicine report. "In a randomized, dose-escalation, phase 1 and 2 study involving six subgroups, we investigated the safety of an H5N1 whole-virus vaccine produced on Vero cell cultures and determined its ability to induce antibodies capable of neutralizing various H5N1 strains. In two visits 21 days apart, 275 volunteers between the ages...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-15)
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