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July 29, 2002
INTERNATIONAL IMMUNIZATION NEWS
"Vaccine on Trial"
Advertiser (AU) (www.theadvertiser.news.com.au) (07/29/02)
Researchers at CMAX, a drug testing and research facility in
Adelaide, Australia, will soon begin testing a vaccine against
the hepatitis C virus (HCV). The clinical trial, for which
volunteers are now being recruited, will assess the vaccine's
safety and its efficacy in producing antibodies. Statistics show
that some 200,000 Australians are infected with HCV, and 11,000
new infections occur each year.
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