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Volunteers sought for avian flu vaccine study

e has pointed to a small number ofcases in which human-to-human transmission is believed to have occurred. Identified as H5N1, the strain of the influenza virus has shown a high mortality rate - approximately 72 percent - with many fatalities among previously healthy young people.

The vaccine researchers are testing was made by Sanofi Pasteur from an inactivated H5N1 avian flu virus isolated last year.

"It's similar to the concept of the regular flu vaccine that people get every year, but it's targeted to this novel type of flu," Edwards said.

Because the study is beginning at the start of this year's influenza season, all participants will be given this year's licensed influenza vaccine if desired. Participants will then be given three doses of either the bird flu or placebo vaccine over the next six months and will be required to provide blood samples to test if protection against the virus was produced.

People 65 years or older who are interested in hearing more about the avian flu vaccine study, may call the Avian Influenza Hotline at 615-322-8740.


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Source:Vanderbilt University Medical Center


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