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Vietnam to Test Bird Flu Vaccine on Humans
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Posted: Friday February 18, 2005 5:12 PM EST
Posted: Friday February 18, 2005 5:12 PM EST
An animal health worker disinfects chickens and ducks at a wholesale poultry market in Hanoi February 18, 2005. The bird flu virus can produce a deadly encephalitis, diarrhoea and other symptoms that do not look like the classic respiratory disease, an international team of doctors said on Friday. REUTERS/Kham
Scientists in Vietnam will conduct human tests of a new vaccine against the deadly bird flu virus after tests in mice and chickens showed promise.
State media quoted Dr. Hoang Thuy Nguyen Friday as saying results from the early tests show good signs of immunization, and tests on monkeys are expected next week.
Dr. Hoang heads a group searching for a vaccine against the H5N1 virus that has killed 45 people in Vietnam and Thailand since late 2003.
The United Nations and the World Organization for Animal Health will host a regional meeting in Ho Chi Minh City from February 23 - 25 to discuss the fight against the virus.
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