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You can add Vietnam to the growing list of countries trying to develop their own bird flu vaccine for humans. Clinical trials begin in August.
Vietnam to test human bird-flu vaccine
Vietnam will begin testing its first human bird-flu vaccine on people in August, announced the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.
Tests on some 600 volunteers would be conducted by the Army Medical Academy within six months, said Nguyen Thu Van, director of Vaccine and Bio-medical Products Company 1, which produces the H5N1 virus vaccine.
Van said this vaccine had been preliminarily tested for safety and effectiveness by the National Center for Checks on Vaccines and Bio-Medical Products.
Once on the market, the vaccine is expected to cost around VND30,000 (nearly US$1.9) per dose.
A person would need two doses to ensure immunity to the virus.
