Zika virus vaccine may be trialled in Christchurch

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/77183359/vaccine-for-zika-virus-may-be-trialled-in-christchurch-as-new-zealand-cases-climb.html

At the Christchurch Clinical Studies Trust (CCST), a groundbreaking flu vaccine study may hold the answer to stemming the Zika crisis.

An international pharmaceutical company has contracted the CCST to test the efficiency of a new oral influenza tablet.

The vaccine has been tested on the two strains of influenza A, and is being tested on influenza B strain.

The results were proving positive, lead investigator Chris Wynne said. If the trial proved successful, it was likely to be used to produce a Zika vaccine.

“If you can show that it works you can change the molecules to vaccinate against norovirus and other things, and now we’re looking at Zika,” Wynne said.

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