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Immunization
Research from C.L. Qiao and co-researchers in the area of immunization published
May 20th, 2009
According to recent research from Harbin, People's Republic of China, "With the widespread presence of influenza virus H5N1 in poultry and wildlife species, particularly migrating birds, vaccination has become an important control strategy for avian influenza (AI). In this study, the immune efficacy and hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody responses induced by a recombinant fowlpox virus (FPV) vector-based rFPV-HA-NA vaccine was evaluated in SPF and commercial chickens." "Four-week old SPF chickens vaccinated with one dose of vaccine containing 2 x 10(3) plaque forming units (PFU) of virus were completely protected from H5NI AI virus 1 week after vaccination, and...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-05-20)
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