Study shows H1N1 microneedle vaccine protects better than injection

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 06:30 in Health & Medicine

(Medical Xpress) -- A vaccine delivered to the skin using a microneedle patch gives better protection against the H1N1 influenza virus than a vaccine delivered through subcutaneous or intramuscular injection, researchers from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology have found. Their research is published online in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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