One dose of swine flu vaccine may be enough
Friday, September 11, 2009 - 01:35
in Health & Medicine
An Australian study of an H1N1 vaccine appears to dispel fears that two doses would be needed to provide protection. To the surprise of many scientists, preliminary results from a clinical trial of a vaccine for pandemic H1N1 influenza in Australia suggest that one dose of vaccine might be sufficient to provide protective antibodies, a finding that could double the number of available...
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