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A vaccine against the five strains of the deadly Ebola virus is being developed by Spanish researchers, and it would be the first of its kind.
A prototype Ebola vaccine was developed by the pharmaceutical company Merck, but it is effective against the strain "Zaire".
Specialists at the hospital in Madrid on October 12 have been working for several months with researchers from two other hospitals in the capital to evaluate and badyze blood samples taken from three people. Ebola in Spain
Rafael Delgado, head of microbiology at the hospital on October 12, told reporters that the work is so complex that the virus protects itself with proteins that protect the immune system. the virus
Although the three Spanish patients produced "very effective" viral antibodies, they were only in small amounts and only against the Zaire strain.
million. Delgado confirmed that the researchers are aiming to replicate these antibodies on a larger scale, and to make them resilient against the five strains of the virus.
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