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Vaccine for Ebola virus successfully tested in primates
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Posted on
Apr 01 2008 12:56 AM
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adeal
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Researchers in the US and Canada have made a breakthrough in the fight against Ebola haemorrhagic fever, one of the world's deadliest diseases caused by the Ebola virus, by successfully testing several Ebola vaccines in primates. Dr Anthony Sanchez, from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia and colleagues are looking to adapt the vaccines for human use. "The biothreat posed by Ebola virus cannot be overlooked. We are seeing more and more naturally occurring human outbreaks of this deadly disease. With worldwide air travel and tourism the virus can now be transported to and from remote regions of the world. And it has huge potential as a possible weapon of bioterrorism", said Dr Sanchez.
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