Plague

New Vaccine Offers Good Protection In Animal Models

Published in Vaccine Weekly, September 19th, 2001

by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A new subunit vaccine against bubonic and pneumonic plague appears safe and effective in animal models, researchers in England report.

If endorsed for human use, the vaccine, based on the F1- and V- antigens of Yersinia pestis, could help overcome some of the problems associated with current plague vaccines

"Plague still occurs throughout the world today, though for reasons that are not fully understood pandemics of disease do not develop from these outbreaks," wrote R.W. Titball and colleagues in Vaccine.

Although bubonic plague usually can be treated with antibiotics,...

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