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H1N1: coming to a South African home near you, soon
And after a very pleasant holiday, I come back to work to find…85 cases of confirmed pandemic H1N1 in South Africa! Yes, it is true – at least, as far as the National Institute for Communicable...
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First African-developed HIV vaccine goes to trial
Finally, finally, a product of our 10-odd-year-old South African HIV vaccine development programme goes into Phase I human trial, in South Africa! I say “our” because I was part of the overall team;...
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…and the virus marches on….
From News24 this evening: SA’s H1N1 deaths now 27 2009-09-01 17:03 Cape Town – The number of swine flu deaths in South Africa has risen to 27, and confirmed infections to 5 841, the National Institute...
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A recycled virus to protect against TB?
News from the University of Cape Town site: “UCT is taking part in the Phase IIb proof-of-concept efficacy trial of a candidate tuberculosis vaccine, a study that will involve people living with the...
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HIV Vaccines From Bangkok – 2
Big News Day: HIV Vaccine Conference, Tuesday 13th September The first plenary session of the conference had as its theme “Novel approaches in clinical evaluation through global collaboration” – and it...
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HIV Vaccines From Bangkok – 4, and final….
Thursday morning started with three parallel oral sessions – and I chose Symposium 07, Characterization of Breakthrough Viruses. The second talk – by Morgane Rolland, in the US Military HIV Research...
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Setting up a platform for plant-based influenza virus vaccine production in...
A virus-like particle formed by influenza virus haemagglutinin budding out of plant cells. By Russell Kightley Media See it also on Scoop.it – Virology News Our (very) recently-published article on...
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CCHFV in South Africa
I am indebted to the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in Johannesburg for their very informative newsletter, from which I culled this. I would also like to very sincerely...
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ViroBlogy: 2012 in review
So: thank you, anyone who clicked in, and regular visitors. You make it worthwhile!! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films...
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HPV vaccines for South Africa: coming to a school near you!
From The Independent Online: HPV and cervical cancer: courtesy Russell Kightley Media “Cape Town – Government will start administering cervical cancer vaccines in schools from February next year,...
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