Vaccine Weekly articles from September 2001

Vaccine Weekly archives from September 2001

Cost Burden Of ILI In Elderly Highlights Importance Of Vaccination.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Better coverage of nursing home residents with influenza vaccine could prevent their hospitalization and associated costs for influenza-like illness (ILI)....

HAV Vaccination More Effective Before Decompensation In Hepatic Disease.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Doctors are now recommending that patients with chronic liver disease receive hepatitis A virus (HAV) vaccines while they retain hepatic compensation. HAV...

Adjuvant Speeds Relief For Pollen Sufferers.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A new allergy vaccine for pollen sufferers is more effective when given with monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL), a Th1-stimulating adjuvant, researchers in...

Combination Hepatitis Vaccine Remains Effective In Long-Term Follow-Up.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The results of a long-term follow-up study of adults and children vaccinated with hepatitis A and B virus (HAV, HBV) combination vaccines show that immune...

Gelatin Sensitivity Explains Some Delayed Reactions to JE Vaccine.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Children who are allergic to gelatin-based products may have delayed allergic reaction to Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine. Although gelatin...

Second Influenza Vaccination Makes No Difference In Elderly Travelers.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Elderly travelers who are vaccinated against influenza before travel receive no additional benefit from a second vaccine 12 weeks later, researchers in...

Phase I Clinical Trial Of Monoclonal Antibody Initiated.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tanox, Inc. (TNOX) announced that enrollment is now open in a Phase I clinical trial of a monoclonal antibody being developed for a new approach to the treatment of HIV. After review of the...

Anti-Factor D Antibody Reduces Systemic Inflammation.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tanox, Inc. (TNOX) reported positive results in using TNX-224, its anti-factor D monoclonal antibody, to reduce inflammatory responses in an experimental model of cardiopulmonary bypass. ...

About Three Million Children Head To School Unvaccinated.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) is mounting a campaign to protect the estimated three million children heading back to school this year who are at risk of...

Vietnam Campaign Achieves Full Coverage For 83% Of Targeted Population.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A National Institutes of Health study has calculated the cost to fully immunize a Vietnamese population against cholera is US$0.91 per person and that there...

New Class Of Antibody Drug Candidate Discovered.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MorphoSys AG (Mor) and ProChon Biotech, Ltd. announced the discovery of a novel antibody lead resulting from their collaboration initiated in June 2000. The antibody, representing a new class...

Two-Dose Hepatitis B Vaccination Expected To Reduce Costs In Long Run.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Even though the cost of a two-dose regimen of hepatitis B vaccine may be more for adolescents in the short term, in the long run, it could save money,...

Scientists Determine Structure Of Antibody That Neutralizes HIV.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists working in The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and at the Glycobiology Institute at Oxford University in the United Kingdom have elucidated...

Virus-Like Particles Induce Antibody, Cytokine Responses In Chimps.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Chimpanzees vaccinated with virus-like particles (VLPs) of human papillomavirus (HPV) are able to mount antibody and cytokine responses to various HPV...

DNA Plasmid Protects Mice From Lethal Challenge.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A DNA plasmid vaccine offers 70%-80% protection against highly mutational influenza virus strains in mice, researchers in Japan have found. "DNA...

Vaccine Achieves Protection When Delivered With MF59 Adjuvant.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A nonpathogenic variant of influenza A/Hong Kong/97 (H5N1) appears to be a good vaccine candidate against the virus when administered with MF59 adjuvant,...

IL-6 Enhances Anti-B. burgdorferi Antibody Production.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Interleukin-6 (IL-6) has a previously unrecognized role in the protective response against Borrelia burgdorferi, the pathogen responsible for Lyme disease,...

Ganglioside Vaccine Induces Tumor Protection In B16 Mouse Model.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A vaccine incorporating the glycolipid GM3 ganglioside offers long-term protection against melanoma in a mouse model, even after reintroduction of the...

Conjugate, Polysaccharide Vaccines Induce Mucosal Immunity.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Meningococcal A+C conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines induce significant mucosal responses in young adults, possibly even immunoglobulin (IgG) memory,...

Intranasal Vaccine Demonstrates Safety, Immunogenicity.(Brief Article)
September 5, 2001... 2001 SEP 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A new Shigella flexneri 2a vaccine delivered intranasally could offer as much protection as live vaccines already studied in humans and warrants further...

Intranasal Vaccines In The Works For Plague, Tetanus, Diphtheria.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Better protection and ease of administration make intranasal delivery of tetanus, diphtheria, and plague vaccines promising, and studies in small animal...

Synthetic Peptides Cause Significant Lysis Of HPV Targets.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Researchers in the United States have identified possible vaccine candidates for human papillomavirus (HPV), using an algorithm that may have applications...

Better Polio Vaccine Education Could Make Parents Partners In Choice.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Most parents want to have a hand in vaccine decision making, but when offered several choices in a study on polio vaccines options, a substantial number...

Appropriate Vaccination Coverage Warranted In Elderly.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Community-acquired pneumonia has a high mortality rate among the elderly, and authors of a new report in Internal Medicine strongly encourage better...

AIDS Turnaround: Researchers Suddenly Upbeat Over Vaccine.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The scientists trying to create a vaccine to prevent AIDS suddenly seem optimistic, even bullish - words that have not been heard much in this perennially gloomy field. For the first time,...

Vaccine Could Have Prevented Four Of Five Cases In Young Adults.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - The currently licensed meningococcal vaccine could have prevented 82.8% of invasive meningitis in Maryland young adults in the 1990s, epidemiologists there...

Stimulating Innate Human Immune System May Halt Disease Progression.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New laboratory findings could lead to an antibody-based medication that prevents or attenuates the progression of HIV to AIDS. This research advance is based on new insights into the emerging...

Immunostimulatory DNA Sequences Stimulate Immune Responses.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dynavax's proprietary immunostimulatory DNA sequences (ISS) have been shown effective in producing potent immune responses in mice when linked to envelope protein gp120 antigen. In the study,...

Breakthrough Mouse Model Has Both Amyloid Plaques And Neurofibrillary Tangles.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, have successfully bred mice exhibiting amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, the two key pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer disease (AD)....

DNA Vaccination Places Tumors In Double Jeopardy.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The endoplasmic reticulum resident chaperone protein calreticulin plays a surprising variety of roles in cell regulation, some of which make it particularly appealing for antitumor vaccination. ...

GLXA-directed Antibody Protects Mice From Human C. Trachomatis.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - An anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody vaccine against chlamydia protects mice from infectious challenge with a human urogenital strain of Chlamydia...

Optimal DNA Vaccination Comprises Secreted HCMV Glycoprotein B.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Researchers in Hungary have outlined an ideal regimen for DNA vaccination against human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in a report in Vaccine. Optimization of...

Patents For First AIDS Vaccine Specifically Designed For Africa Will Be Jointly Owned.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The partners involved in developing and testing the first HIV/AIDS vaccine specifically designed for an African strain of the disease have agreed to joint ownership of the drug's patents. ...

Pediatric Immigrants To Italy Show Higher Hepatitis B Virus Rates.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Children entering Italy via adoption or immigration from areas where hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevalence is common have a slightly higher infection rate...

Back-to-School Boosters: Immunize Children On Schedule.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Each year, children miss the first day of school because they do not have the immunizations needed to enter a particular grade. That's why the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Ronald...

Religious Exemptions For Vaccinations On The Rise In Oregon.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors and public health officials are beginning to worry about the growing number of parents who are denying vaccinations for their school-age children because of religious reasons. ...

Vaccine Delays Disease Progression In Stage III Patients.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A polyvalent melanoma vaccine prolongs the time to disease progression - but not necessarily survival - in patients with metastatic melanoma, researchers...

Outbreak Emphasizes Benefits Of Vaccination In Long-Term Care Facilities.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Providing pneumococcal vaccines to long-term care facility residents is important in the prevention of pneumococcal illness. Outbreaks of pneumococcal pneumonia and bacteremia, resulting in...

Diphtheria Antibodies Linked To Pneumococcal Vaccine Response.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Low levels of diphtheria toxin antibodies in the elderly may be responsible for their weaker immune response to pneumococcal vaccine, say researchers...

Cost-Effective Regimens Offer Similar Protection.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Two postexposure rabies vaccine regimens recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) appear to have similar protective efficacy in an Indian...

Phase I Study Of Antibody Therapy Initiated.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedImmune, Inc. (MEDI) announced that it has begun dosing rheumatoid arthritis patients with Vitaxin(TM) in a Phase I clinical trial. Vitaxin is an antibody that has the potential to inhibit...

Children With HIV Might Benefit From Immunization.(Brief Article)
September 12, 2001... 2001 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a hospital-based study in Malawi suggest that children with HIV infection could potentially benefit from vaccination against rotaviruses, the main cause of severe, dehydrating diarrhea...

Preterm Infants At Greater Risk Of Vaccine-Related Adverse Events.
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Premature infants are at greater risk than those carried to term for adverse reactions to diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis/Haemophilus...

Rabies-Based Vector Triggers Anti-Gag Response.(shows promise as HIV vaccine)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Rabies virus-based vectors that express the Gag protein have shown promise as an HIV vaccine candidate, researchers in the United States report. ...

Immunization With Activated Lymphocytes Shows Promise in Phase I Trial.(cancer immunotherapy)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Pharmacologically activated draining lymph node cells show promise as an adoptive immunotherapy (AIT) for cancer patients although further refinement of...

Seizures Seen With DTP, MMR Do Not Increase Neurodevelopmental Risks.(vaccine side effects)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Children who receive the diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and whole-cell pertussis (DTP) and measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccines are at a significantly...

Mucosal Administration Of GTF Proteins Induces Protective Response.(glucosyltransferase helps to protect against dental caries)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Mucosal administration of peptide-based Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferase (GTF) vaccines can induce immune responses that are potentially protective...

Tenofovir Can Protect Macaque Infants.(from simian form of HIV)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitor tenofovir (or PMPA) can protect newborn primates from the simian form of HIV and may be able to perform the same...

New Vaccine Offers Good Protection In Animal Models.(prevention of bubonic and pneumonic plague)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A new subunit vaccine against bubonic and pneumonic plague appears safe and effective in animal models, researchers in England report. If endorsed for...

DNA PSA Vaccine Safe And Immunogenic In Macaques.(prostate-specific antigen)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A DNA vaccine expressing human prostate-specific antigen (PSA) shows promise in rhesus macaques, researchers in the United States have found. J.J. Kim...

NIAID Director Gives AIDS Vaccine Update.(National Institute of Allergy and infectious Diseases)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), reviewed recent research progress as well as key...

Researchers Begin Study Of Possible Vaccine.(for Alzheimers disease)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers are hoping a vaccine they are about to study in a human trial will prevent or reduce the onset of Alzheimer disease. Pivotal Research Centers are enrolling patients for the 15-month...

Novel Delivery Of Monoclonal Antibodies To Be Studied.(for brain cancer treatment)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Image-Guided Neurologics (IGN) and Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (PPHM), have agreed to cosponsor a Phase I/II pilot study for Cotara, Peregrine's Tumor Necrosis Therapy drug, that utilizes IGN's...

West African Neonates Would Benefit From Earlier Vaccination.
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Children who are born prematurely or who have low birth weight may be good candidates for early vaccination, researchers in West Africa have found. A...

Fund Launches Southeast Asia Child Immunization Campaign In Cambodia.(Vaccine Fund)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Vaccine Fund - the global $1.8 billion initiative to fund immunization in the world's 74-poorest countries - has launched a massive, five-year effort to increase access to immunization for...

Clinical Results Of Vaccine Trial Are Promising.(Helivax for gastrointestinal infections caused by Helicobacter pylori)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antex Biologics, Inc. announced results from the Phase IB clinical trial of Helivax, a vaccine intended to prevent and treat gastrointestinal infections and disease caused by Helicobacter pylori....

Therapeutic Vaccine To Start Testing In Phase II Study.(AVANT Immunotherapeutics Inc. to test CETi-1 cholesterol management vaccine)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc. announced today the start of a placebo-controlled Phase II study of its cholesterol management vaccine (CETi-1) in approximately 200 patients with low levels of HDL...

LACK DNA Vaccine Induces Immunity But Not Protection Against L. donovani.(Leishmania homolog of receptors for activated C kinase)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A new vaccine is highly immunogenic against Leishmania donovani but cannot induce protection against visceral leishmaniasis (VL), report researchers in the...

ABRA Protein Fragments Halt P. falciparum Growth.(acidic basic repeat antigen of malaria is possible vaccine candidate)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - The acidic basic repeat antigen (ABRA) of Plasmodium falciparum stops 80%-90% of parasite growth and represents a promising vaccine candidate, researchers...

Turkey Should Shore Up Coverage Of Young People.(vaccination policy should mandate measles vaccine dosage)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Vaccination policy in Turkey should be changed to play catch-up in children and young adults who are currently at risk for measles, and should mandate a...

Antigens Stimulate Immunity That Corresponds To Clinical Outcomes.(melanoma antigens stimulate immune responses)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Dendritic cells pulsed with melanoma antigens can stimulate specific immune responses that are associated with tumor regression, researchers in Texas have...

Lerdelimumab Evaluated In Combined Cataract And Glaucoma Surgery Trial.
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) announced the early results from a Phase II clinical trial using CAT-152 (lerdelimumab; human anti-TGFBeta(2) monoclonal antibody) in patients undergoing surgery...

Information Center Urges Parents To Vaccinate Safely.(National Vaccine Information Center)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC), a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education, is urging parents to take...

AP Vaccine Safe And Immunogenic In Cincinnati Outbreak.(acellular pertussis vaccine)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Hospital workers vaccinated against pertussis during a Cincinnati outbreak apparently were well-protected, proving that the vaccine can be immunogenic even...

Vaccinated Mice Fail To Pass Immunity To Offspring.(against rotavirus infections)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Intranasal delivery of rotavirus VP2 and VP6 antigens stimulates a specific antibody response in female mice but fails to passively protect their...

Cell Genesys Appoints New Vice President of Research and Development.(Peter K. Working)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Genesys, Inc. (CEGE) has announced that Peter K. Working, PhD, has joined the company in the new position of vice president, research and development. Working, who served most recently as...

City Of Hope, Genentech Go To Court Over Royalties.(for human insulin synthesis techniques)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nonprofit City of Hope cancer center is suing biotechnology giant Genentech, Inc., over which entity has the rights to the discoveries that have become the building blocks of the biotech...

ID Biomedical Records Loss For Second Quarter.
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ID Biomedical, Vancouver, B.C., recorded a net loss of $2.3 million or ($0.08) per share for the three months ended June 30, 2001, as compared with a net income of $1.9 million or $0.09 per share...

Families Of Autistic Children Sue Vaccine Manufacturers.(for thimersol use in vaccines)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two Massachusetts families are suing several vaccine makers, claiming the companies' use of a controversial preservative caused their children's autism. In the lawsuit filed in Middlesex...

Tetravalent Vaccine Protects Monkeys.(from dengue virus/yellow fever)
September 19, 2001... 2001 SEP 19 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A newly constructed chimeric vaccine against dengue virus/yellow fever achieves antibody levels in rhesus monkeys similar to those found in animals...