Cleverly designed vaccine blocks H5 avian influenza in animal models
Monday, March 25, 2013 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Until now, most experimental vaccines against the highly lethal H5N1 avian influenza virus have lacked effectiveness. But a new vaccine has proven highly effective against the virus when tested in both mice and ferrets. It is also effective against the H9 subtype of avian influenza.