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Doctors say the new candidate vaccine is showing encouraging signs. The volunteers blood samples are then analysed in local laboratories.The region is not even connected to the national grid, so researchers rely on generators to power the high-tech equipment.
The vaccine regime, under trial in Sierra Leone, is being developed and closely monitored in the Netherlands. The regime is made up of two seperate vaccines.
Researchers say that dual approach has the potential to provide a better and more long lasting immunity against a dangerous family of viruses.
Johan Van Hoof, managing director, Janssen vaccines & prevention b.v. “When you get infected, the virus really reproduces very rapidly. You have millions and millions of viruses in your blood. And that leads to very high mortality. And that also implies that the immune protection that you need to get with a vaccine needs to be extremely high to be able to cope with such a load of virus. Ebola is not gone. It will not go away. It will be there and will come back again and again”.
A vaccine to end Ebola | Africanews
It would be fantastic if they could nail it.
The vaccine regime, under trial in Sierra Leone, is being developed and closely monitored in the Netherlands. The regime is made up of two seperate vaccines.
Researchers say that dual approach has the potential to provide a better and more long lasting immunity against a dangerous family of viruses.
Johan Van Hoof, managing director, Janssen vaccines & prevention b.v. “When you get infected, the virus really reproduces very rapidly. You have millions and millions of viruses in your blood. And that leads to very high mortality. And that also implies that the immune protection that you need to get with a vaccine needs to be extremely high to be able to cope with such a load of virus. Ebola is not gone. It will not go away. It will be there and will come back again and again”.
A vaccine to end Ebola | Africanews
It would be fantastic if they could nail it.
