Japanese scientists plan mmr alternative


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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe The Japanese government has approved a five-year grant, with ¥56 million slated for the first year, to create a single recombinant vaccine


for four common childhood diseases. Researchers at Osaka University and Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University plan to insert genes encoding the antigens for measles, mumps and rubella


into the varicella (chickenpox) virus. There are currently no recombinant vaccines against multiple diseases licensed for human use. Improving vaccine coverage, particularly for measles, is


a priority for Japanese health officials, says Keiko Taya, chief of the immunization program at Japan's Infectious Disease Surveillance Center. The government is currently assessing


its vaccine policies—statistics indicate that measles coverage in 2001 was only 50% for one-year-olds, and that adult cases are on the rise. This is a preview of subscription content, access


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plan MMR alternative. _Nat Med_ 9, 1337 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1103-1337b Download citation * Issue Date: 01 November 2003 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nm1103-1337b SHARE THIS


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