1,000 Vietnamese H5N1 vaccine injection test
On 8/4, Ministry of Health to conduct vaccine clinical trials of influenza A (H5N1) in humans, stage 3 in Ha Nam. This is the final stage to determine whether to allow vaccine production on mass scale or not.Those experiments will be conducted over 1,000 volunteers in two provinces of Thanh Hoa and Ha Nam. Participants are tested thoroughly check the health, non-pregnant women. This is the 2nd injection, nose first injected a month ago.28 days after injection, they will take blood samples for testing, evaluating the effectiveness of vaccine protection. Military Medical Academy will complete the last stage of this test in May, then moved to the Ministry of Health to test out the official results.
Previously, this vaccine has passed phase 1 and test 2. The results show that it is safe on volunteers, does not cause unwanted reactions serious, mostly just a pain at the injection transient and resolves after 24 hours without treatment. The biochemical data in human volunteers after vaccination is normal. Vaccine results in good immune response in 100% of vaccinated subjects from higher doses of 7.5 mcg to meet European standards.
Vaccinated against influenza A (H5N1) Vaccine Company No. 1 and Biologicals, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology Research since 2004 and the Ministry of Health recognized as one of 26 outstanding achievements. With the flu vaccine is produced in the country, Vietnam can take the initiative in the fight against the pandemic in the future, do not be too dependent on foreign sources.
Up to now, there were 123 cases of influenza A (H5N1), including 61 deaths, the mortality rate of up to 50%. http://vnexpress.net/gl/suc-khoe/2012/04/1-000-nguoi-viet-tiem-thu-vacxin-h5n1/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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