FDA approves Ebola virus test; vaccine will probably take until 2015

FDA approves Ebola virus test, vaccine will probably take until 2015. I wonder what the projected spread of the virus is in 2015.


"For a vaccine to work properly, it must be administered prior to infection and given time to work.

The vaccines now under development are not the same type of experimental drug that was given to a pair of American aid workers infected in Liberia. That drug, called ZMapp, is being developed by Mapp Pharmaceutical Inc., and is a mix of three monoclonal antibodies produced in plants. It is intended to be given to patients shortly after they become infected.

The experimental vaccine that is furthest ahead in the development process was designed by the Vaccine Research Center, an arm of the National Institutes of Health."





[link to www.latimes.com]