Mosquito Saliva Vaccine? NIH Tests New Way to Fight Illness

Mosquito Saliva Vaccine? NIH Tests New Way to Fight Illness
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Wanted: 60 people willing to be bitten by mosquitoes to test a new kind of vaccine — one that acts against the bugs' saliva.

Rather than separate vaccines against Zika or other mosquito-borne diseases, the new approach aims to protect against multiple infections by triggering the immune system to rev up in response to the bite itself.



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