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Article: Vietnam's H5N1 vaccine initially proves effective
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 19, 2008
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Vietnam's H5N1 vaccine initially proves effective
HANOI, May 19 (Xinhua) -- A made-in-Vietnam H5N1 vaccine
conducted on 30 volunteers on a trial basis has initially shown its
effectiveness and safety, local newspaper Vietnam News reported
Monday.
"At the moment, we can say that the vaccine seems safe, because
there is nobody who was in shock for 28 days following the first
injection," said Doan Huy Hau, head of the Military Epidemiology
Department under Vietnam's Military Medical Institute.
The 30 volunteers, the institute's students and staff, received
the second injection of H5N1 vaccine on Saturday. Their blood will
be tested three times to evaluate levels of antibodies and any side ...