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October 4, 2002

U.S. IMMUNIZATION NEWS

"Ebola Vaccine Will Enter Human Trials Within Months"

Reuters Health Information Services (www.reutershealth.com) (10/03/02); Ault, Alicia

The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Dr. Anthony Fauci, announced Thursday that a vaccine against the Ebola virus will begin human clinical trials within the next six months to eight months.  The focus on bioterrorism and financing of such projects has allowed researchers to speed up the development process of a vaccine against the disease, Fauci said at a meeting of the World Medical Association in Washington.  NIAID is providing the Dutch biotechnology company Crucell with Ebola genes used in the vaccine, with the company retaining the exclusive right to sell the completed vaccine.

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