Vaccine Mystery Solved -Why Did RSV Vaccine Make Kids Sick?

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Researchers from Johns Hopkins have solved the decades-old mystery of

why a vaccine developed to prevent a common childhood viral infection

wound up making kids sick.

 

The findings provide important clues to how to develop a safe,

effective vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), the main

cause of wintertime hospital stays among babies and young children

worldwide, Dr. Fernando P. Polack, the lead researcher on the study,

told Reuters Health.

 

" A big concern for the scientists involved in RSV vaccine development

is to make sure we do not repeat the same situation again, " said

Polack, who is also affiliated with the INFANT Foundation in Buenos Aires.

 

In the late 1960s, children in Washington, DC received an RSV vaccine

in which...

 

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Sheena Judd

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