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Smallpox Vaccines
New smallpox vaccines study findings reported from Dartmouth University
July 23rd, 2008
Fresh data on smallpox are presented in the report 'Genetic basis for adverse events after smallpox vaccination.' According to recent research published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, "Identifying genetic factors associated with the development of adverse events might allow screening before vaccinia virus administration. Two independent clinical trials of the smallpox vaccine (Aventis Pasteur) were conducted in healthy, vaccinia virus-naive adult volunteers." "Volunteers were assessed repeatedly for local and systemic adverse events (AEs) associated with the receipt of vaccine and underwent genotyping for 1,442 singlenucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). In...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-23)
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