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Army recruit receives the adenovirus vaccine during basic training at Fort Benning Oct. 26, 2011.
Army recruit receives the adenovirus vaccine during basic training
at Fort Benning Oct. 26, 2011.
Photo courtesy of Traci Vactor,
Health Systems Specialist, Military Vaccine Agency.
(Fort Detrick, Md.) ? The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command is excited to announce that the new adenovirus vaccine, which replaces the older version that has been out of production for over a decade, was shipped to basic training sites Oct. 18.
Every vaccine tablet will be delivered to the nine basic training sites, all branches of the U.S. military and the Coast Guard, in this phase of fielding. Immunizations began at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. and Fort Sill, Okla. Oct 24. Use at the seven other basic training sites will begin within the next week..
