Posted by: CMdeux
« on: June 21, 2013, 10:32:34 AM » 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
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.
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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.