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Implemented in Costa Rica virus vaccine AH1N1
Kattia Gomez
* Transcription and adaptation Teletica.com
Updated 7:20 p.m.
August 18, 2009
A possible vaccine against influenza is beginning to prove AH1N1 among nearly 800 Costa Ricans.
Costa Ricans are exactly 784 to be applied from the test on Tuesday of a possible vaccine against influenza AH1N1: 200 of them are children.
The ages of the participants in this study ranging between 3 and 64 years, and what makes the Institute of Pediatric Care, which was chosen by the Novartis pharmaceutical for this purpose.
The research was carried out simultaneously in Mexico and United States "will be given a one-year follow-up and we want to be sure it works: one of the goals is to have the vaccine available before the second wave; but we work hard to carefully obtain data in a minimum time, "explained Dr. Adriano Arguedas, an official of the Institute of Pediatric Care.
Managers expect to have ready the result of the effectiveness of immunization in October or November, "is testing if vaccine protection levels rose enough to tackle the virus, which is defined and its effectiveness," said Maria Luisa ?vila, Minister of Health.
Meanwhile, President Oscar Arias, left his home Tuesday after a week of isolation required by the pandemic.
To reinforce that point came a Estudiantina political leaders invited by the canton of San Carlos, Alajuela, and many were employees of the Casa Presidencial.
Arias went toward the Franklin Chang Auditorium to open plant at the National Center for Biotechnology Innovations.
The country and 2 more deaths reported by the pandemic, a man and a woman, for a total of 30 victims and 982 infected.
* OSM
Implemented in Costa Rica virus vaccine AH1N1
Kattia Gomez
* Transcription and adaptation Teletica.com
Updated 7:20 p.m.
August 18, 2009
A possible vaccine against influenza is beginning to prove AH1N1 among nearly 800 Costa Ricans.
Costa Ricans are exactly 784 to be applied from the test on Tuesday of a possible vaccine against influenza AH1N1: 200 of them are children.
The ages of the participants in this study ranging between 3 and 64 years, and what makes the Institute of Pediatric Care, which was chosen by the Novartis pharmaceutical for this purpose.
The research was carried out simultaneously in Mexico and United States "will be given a one-year follow-up and we want to be sure it works: one of the goals is to have the vaccine available before the second wave; but we work hard to carefully obtain data in a minimum time, "explained Dr. Adriano Arguedas, an official of the Institute of Pediatric Care.
Managers expect to have ready the result of the effectiveness of immunization in October or November, "is testing if vaccine protection levels rose enough to tackle the virus, which is defined and its effectiveness," said Maria Luisa ?vila, Minister of Health.
Meanwhile, President Oscar Arias, left his home Tuesday after a week of isolation required by the pandemic.
To reinforce that point came a Estudiantina political leaders invited by the canton of San Carlos, Alajuela, and many were employees of the Casa Presidencial.
Arias went toward the Franklin Chang Auditorium to open plant at the National Center for Biotechnology Innovations.
The country and 2 more deaths reported by the pandemic, a man and a woman, for a total of 30 victims and 982 infected.
* OSM