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Fri, Feb 21 2003 2:08 PM AEDT

No side effects for new whooping cough vaccine: scientists

Scientists are confident there will be no side effects to an improved whooping cough vaccine under development at the University of Southern Queensland.

Research team leader Professor T K Mukkur says they are hoping to begin human trials in the next 18 months, with the vaccine possibly available for widespread use within two years.

He says children and teenagers will be inoculated using a nose drop or spray rather than by the traditional injection.

Professor Mukkur says the low cost of producing the vaccine means it could have worldwide benefits.

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