A team of researchers at Kansas State University,
in collaboration with Garcia-Sastre of the Icahn
School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has developed
a vaccine that protects poultry from multiple
strains of avian influenza found in the U.S.,
including H5N1, H5N2 and H5N8. The vaccine has
the potential to be administered through water or
into embryonated eggs, making it easier for
poultry producers to vaccinate flocks around the
world.
The vaccine, called NDV-H5Nx, protects chickens
and likely other poultry against the three recently
introduced U.S. avian influenza strains H5N1,
H5N2 and H5N8, as well as against Newcastle
disease virus, a virus that naturally affects
poultry. Avian influenza killed millions of chickens
and turkeys in the U.S. 2015, leading to billions in
lost revenue for the poultry industry.
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