Two new bird flu vaccines developed in China

Main Category: Bird Flu / Avian Flu
Also Included In: Flu / Cold / SARS
Article Date: 11 Mar 2004 - 0:00 PDT

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Two new types of the H5 influenza vaccine have been developed in China, says the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture.

The Ministry says that an enlarged regional experiment will take place. They have approved batch production of the two types of vaccines for the experiment.

The Agriculture Ministry and the State Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory developed these new vaccines. One is a H5N1 inactivated vaccine and the other is a recombinant fowlpoxvaccine.

They think these new vaccines will provide longer protection. They have a higher antigen content compared to the vaccines currently in use.

An official from the ministry said that the new vaccines have recently passed the appraisal by the State Agricultural Trans-gene Biological Safety Commission and the Animal Medicine Appraisal Commission.

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