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Kuusi rokotevalmistajaa tulevat tuottamaan rokotteen. Rokotteet tulevat sisältämään H1N1-tapaisen viruksen nimeltä “A/Brisbane/59/2007″, mutta ei itse H1N1 virusta. Siksi rokotteesta ole mitään hyötyä sikainfluenssaa vastaan.

Flu shot isn’t for H1N1
Los Angeles Times

With the so-called swine flu continuing to spread across the United States and the world, the Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it has given the go-ahead for the final preparation and distribution of a vaccine for the coming flu season.

But that vaccine will not protect against swine flu, more officially known as the novel influenza A (H1N1) virus. That virus has sickened almost 45,000 and killed more than 300 in the United States since the spring. Those numbers are only confirmed cases, however; the true number of people affected is much higher.

“The FDA continues to work with manufacturers, international partners and other government agencies to facilitate the availability of a safe and effective vaccine against the 2009 H1N1 virus,” said the FDA announcement.

Six vaccine manufacturers will be producing the 2009-2010 influenza vaccine. And the vaccines will contain the strains of three viruses — one of them an “H1N1-like” virus identified as A/Brisbane/59/2007. The strain in the seasonal flu preparation is not the same as the so-called swine flu, however and, therefore, is not expected to carry any protection against it.

So where the heck is that swine flu vaccine? And, in the meantime, why would you go to the trouble to get yourself vaccinated against a flu vaccine that doesn’t protect you from the dreaded swine flu?

Lähde: Los Angeles Times (PDF)

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