"Vaccine on Trial"

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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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