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Nasal vaccine combats bird flu infection in rodents

Veterinary lab specialist holding a chicken while performing a scientific avian pathogen swab during active poultry virus outbreak diagnostics.
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Researchers at WashU Medicine have developed a nasal vaccine against the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, or bird flu, which has jumped from wild birds to livestock to humans. When tested in rodents, the vaccine elicited a strong immune response and prevented infections in animals exposed to H5N1.