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December 27, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Uruguayan Lab to Produce Anthrax Vaccine"
Xinhua News Agency (202.84.17.11/en/main.htm) (12/27/02)
The Vaccine Against Human Anthrax (Vahax) project, conducted jointly by the Faculty of Medicine and Science of the University of Uruguay and several foreign institutions, expects to have its first batch of human anthrax vaccine ready for testing in about six months, according to reports. The vaccine will be produced by an Uruguayan laboratory and should be ready for export with three to five years.
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