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Hepatitis E Vaccine Called Highly Effective
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 Still, Desai said, when this vaccine becomes available, he would recommend it to anyone in the United States who was traveling to an area of the world where hepatitis E is endemic.
It's still not clear when the vaccine might become available.
Innis said GlaxoSmithKline is looking for public or private partnerships to "share with us some of the risk of carrying the development of this vaccine forward."
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To learn more about hepatitis E infection, visit the World Health Organization.
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SOURCES: Bruce Innis, M.D., vice president, clinical research and development, GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pa.; Tusar Desai, M.D., gastroenterologist and hepatologist, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Mich.; March 1, 2007, New England Journal of Medicine
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