Thursday, December 15, 2022

Ebola Vaccine Regimens Safe, Immunogenic in Adults and Children

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Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022

Ebola Vaccine Regimens Safe, Immunogenic in Adults and Children

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Trials evaluating three Ebola vaccine administration strategies in adults and children found that all the regimens were safe in both age groups, according to results published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Antibodies were produced in response to the vaccine regimens beginning at 14 days after the first vaccination and continued to be detectable at varying levels—depending on the vaccine and regimen used—in both children and adults for one year.

The randomized, placebo-controlled study enrolled volunteers at sites in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Mali to identify optimal vaccination strategies to curtail outbreaks of Ebola virus disease. NIAID sponsored the trial in Liberia and Mali.

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