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Author Topic: ACIP recommends flu vaccine option for those with egg allergies  (Read 1569 times)

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ACIP recommends flu vaccine option for those with egg allergies]http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/influenza/general/news/jun2013allergy.html] ACIP recommends flu vaccine option for those with egg allergies

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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), passed the measure recommending Protein Science's FluBlok for the 2013-14 season in a 13 to 0 vote.


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FluBlok is produced with an insect virus and recombinant DNA technology. Its only flu virus component is hemagglutinin, which is produced by infecting cultures of insect cells with a baculovirus.


This means zero egg protein. 

Because this is not a mammalian system, too, the risks are much lower (IMO) in terms of long-term unknown impact.

Resistance isn't futile.  It's voltage divided by current. 

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