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NIH Begins Testing Investigational Zika Vaccine in Humans

Volunteer receives vaccine

A healthy volunteer receives the NIAID Zika virus investigational DNA vaccine as part of an early-stage trial to test the vaccine’s safety and immunogenicity. This is the first administration of this vaccine in a human.

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016.  The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a clinical trial of a vaccine candidate intended to prevent Zika virus infection. The early-stage study will evaluate…

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