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Healthy women volunteers sought for final trial phase of herpes vaccine.
2004 FEB 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Herpevac Trial for Women, conducted by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, and numerous research sites, is seeking healthy women ages 18-30 to volunteer for the final clinical trial phase of the new vaccine.
Approximately one in four women in the United States has genital herpes. Symptoms are often subtle; most people don't know they have the disease. The herpesvirus causes cold sores and genital herpes. Although thousands or millions of Americans have the disease, 90% are unaware of this common infection. Even people who do not have visible symptoms can spread the disease. The disease burden is estimated at between $300 million to $1 billion per year in the U.S. alone. There is no treatment that can eliminate the virus.
The Herpevac Trial for Women is investigating a promising vaccine to protect women against genital herpes. This vaccine does not contain live virus and cannot cause herpes infection. It has passed preliminary testing for safety and effectiveness and is now in its final phase of clinical trials.
For this study, more than 20 sites involved in the trial are seeking to enroll approximately 7,550 ...
- Healthy women volunteers sought for final trial phase of herpes vaccine.
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- Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) February 1, 2004 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest May 1, 2002 700+ words
...in Germany after KirchMedia, but it has reduced its interest in the broadcast market in recent years. It sold its stake in women's interest channel TM3 to News Corporation last year. That stake has since been taken over by ProsiebenSat1 Media's Sat...
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- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest July 1, 2002 700+ words
...Hardest hit were supporting actors. Of roles cast, men accounted for 62 per cent and worked nearly twice as many filming days as women. There was also a drop in roles offered to African Americans--14.4 per cent against 14.8 per cent previous year. Fall...
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- Newspaper article from: Screen Digest September 1, 2002 700+ words
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