Re: Japan to vaccinate medical workers for bird flu
As Kent pointed out the Guillain-Barre cases - which killed the Swine Flu vaccine rollout - only produced a little over one case per million people vaccinated so it is always wise to gradually increase the size of the test sample so you can pickup the rare, but severe, side effects.
One the subject of tri-valent vaccines see Mingus' excellent thread exploring exactly this topic and how to pick your candidates to maximise overlap. http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7736
The first 20 or so posts give an introduction to DIY sequencing but after that comes the argument for tri-valent vaccine. Definitely worth a read - or re-read.
As Kent pointed out the Guillain-Barre cases - which killed the Swine Flu vaccine rollout - only produced a little over one case per million people vaccinated so it is always wise to gradually increase the size of the test sample so you can pickup the rare, but severe, side effects.
One the subject of tri-valent vaccines see Mingus' excellent thread exploring exactly this topic and how to pick your candidates to maximise overlap. http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7736
The first 20 or so posts give an introduction to DIY sequencing but after that comes the argument for tri-valent vaccine. Definitely worth a read - or re-read.