A widely available, safe and effective Zika vaccine will not exist in 2016 and probably not for the next few years (through about 2019).
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“we will not have a widely available, safe and effective Zika vaccine this year and probably not even in the next few years”
- Said on
- 28 January 2016 · Press briefing on the Zika outbreak; forecast about the vaccine field as a whole, not only NIAID candidates
- Source
- Top US researcher says vaccine for Zika virus could be years away from development · Raw Story (AFP)
- Should come true
- 2019
- How sure they sounded
- will not; probably not
- Categories
- Health
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · Zika vaccine timing mattered for the Americas outbreak and birth-defect risk.
Outcome
Accurate
No Zika vaccine was available in 2016 or in the following few years; WHO still states that no vaccine is available for the prevention or treatment of Zika virus infection.
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