ACIP recommends flu vaccine option for those with egg allergies

Started by CMdeux, June 21, 2013, 10:32:34 AM

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June 21, 2013, 10:32:34 AM
ACIP recommends flu vaccine option for those with egg allergies]http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/news/jun2013allergy.html] ACIP recommends flu vaccine option for those with egg allergies

QuoteThe Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), passed the measure recommending Protein Science's FluBlok for the 2013-14 season in a 13 to 0 vote.

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FluBlok is produced with an insect virus and recombinant DNA technology. Its only flu virus component is hemagglutinin, which is produced by infecting cultures of insect cells with a baculovirus.

This means zero egg protein. 

Because this is not a mammalian system, too, the risks are much lower (IMO) in terms of long-term unknown impact.

Resistance isn't futile.  It's voltage divided by current. 

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