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NOTICE TO READERS: DEFERRAL OF ROUTINE BOOSTER DOSES OF TETANUS AND

DIPHTHERIA TOXOIDS FOR ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS

To assure vaccine availability for priority indications, all routine Td

boosters in adolescents and adults should be delayed until 2002. Td use

should follow existing recommendations for all other indications.

MMWR 50(20):418,427, 2001. Centers for Disease Control

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UK BIOTECH FIRM TARGETS WEST NILE VIRUS

Human trials to test a vaccine against the West Nile virus that has

spread to the US could begin early next year, according to the head of a

small British firm enlisted to help fight the disease.

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HEPATITIS B RATES HIGH, IMMUNIZATION RATES LOW FOR YOUNG GAY MEN

Close to one fifth of all young gay and bisexual men may be infected

with the hepatitis B virus by the time they reach the age of 22,

according to a nationwide study.

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CATTLE CULL COULD PRESENT NEW RISK OF VARIANT CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE

The remains of some of the 469,000 cattle culled in the British fight

against foot-and-mouth disease are likely to carry bovine spongiform

encephalopathy (BSE), and could spread the infection via soil and ground

water, the government's scientific advisors warned on Thursday.

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GATES BANKROLLS CRUSADE FOR NEW MENINGITIS VACCINE

A foundation created by computer software mogul Bill Gates is donating

$70 million to back the rapid development of a vaccine to prevent

bacterial meningitis epidemics that regularly occur in sub-Saharan

Africa, officials said on Wednesday.

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HIV-1 TAT GENE EXPRESSED IN PLANTS HAS POTENTIAL FOR VACCINE

Immunologically reactive HIV-1 tat protein is expressible by plants and

may become an important component of vaccines, investigators reported at

the 101st general meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

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