Researchers Hope New Vaccine Could Prevent Human Transmission
WASHINGTON, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Researchers studying bird flu viruses said on Thursday they may have come up with a way to vaccinate people ahead of a feared influenza pandemic.
Experts have long said there is no way to vaccinate people against a new strain of influenza until that strain evolves.
That could mean months or even years of disease and death before a vaccination campaign began.
But a team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Maryland and the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta said they may have found a short-cut.
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