US CDC in talks with Nigeria over human trial of Ebola vaccine
US CDC in talks with Nigeria over human trial of Ebola vaccine Alexander Chiejina with wire reports Officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are also in talks with health officials in Nigeria about the prospects for conducting a Phase 1 safety study of the vaccine among healthy adults in the country amid mounting anxiety about the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The pace of human safety testing for experimental Ebola vaccines has been expedited in response to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa which has impacted negatively on businesses in the three affected countries –Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, with neighbouring countries closing their borders and banning flights from affected countries to other parts of Africa. NIH explained that “The early-stage trial will begin initial human testing of a vaccine co-developed by NIAID [National Ins