Absence of Mycoplasma Contamination in the Anthrax Vaccine

Mycoplasma contamination of the licensed anthrax vaccine administered to military personnel has been suggested as a possible cause of Persian Gulf illness. Vaccine samples tested by nonmilitary laboratories were negative for viable mycoplasma and mycoplasma DNA and did not support its survival. Myco...

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Autores principales: Hart, Mary Kate, Del Giudice, Richard A., Korch, George W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11840996
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0801.010091
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Korch, George W.
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description Mycoplasma contamination of the licensed anthrax vaccine administered to military personnel has been suggested as a possible cause of Persian Gulf illness. Vaccine samples tested by nonmilitary laboratories were negative for viable mycoplasma and mycoplasma DNA and did not support its survival. Mycoplasma contamination of anthrax vaccine should not be considered a possible cause of illness.
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spelling pubmed-27302692009-09-16 Absence of Mycoplasma Contamination in the Anthrax Vaccine Hart, Mary Kate Del Giudice, Richard A. Korch, George W. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Mycoplasma contamination of the licensed anthrax vaccine administered to military personnel has been suggested as a possible cause of Persian Gulf illness. Vaccine samples tested by nonmilitary laboratories were negative for viable mycoplasma and mycoplasma DNA and did not support its survival. Mycoplasma contamination of anthrax vaccine should not be considered a possible cause of illness. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2002-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2730269/ /pubmed/11840996 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0801.010091 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Hart, Mary Kate
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Absence of Mycoplasma Contamination in the Anthrax Vaccine
title Absence of Mycoplasma Contamination in the Anthrax Vaccine
title_full Absence of Mycoplasma Contamination in the Anthrax Vaccine
title_fullStr Absence of Mycoplasma Contamination in the Anthrax Vaccine
title_full_unstemmed Absence of Mycoplasma Contamination in the Anthrax Vaccine
title_short Absence of Mycoplasma Contamination in the Anthrax Vaccine
title_sort absence of mycoplasma contamination in the anthrax vaccine
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2730269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11840996
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid0801.010091
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