The vaccine, unlike ordinary, eliminates the risk of the effects of poisons made by bacillus anthracis (high -risk pathogen, which is considered a potential agent of bioterrorism).
South Korea created the world’s first vaccination against a Siberian ulcer that does not contain poisons. Preparation BARYTHRAX INJ. This is a result of cooperation between the Korean agency for control and prevention of diseases (KDCA) and the biopharmaceutical company GC Biopharma. Yonhap reported this on Monday, July 7.
The recombinant protein vaccine was registered in April. He does not use lifestyle or weak motions Bacillus anthracisRather synthesize only a protective antigen (PA) using Bacillus BrevisThat doesn’t make poisons. This method significantly reduces the risk of effects and makes the vaccine safer than traditional analogues.
“As the COVID-19 pandemia shows, infectious diseases can spread quickly and cause massive damage to a short time. It emphasizes the importance of ensuring the possibilities of proactive response to the national level,” said Kim Kim Kap Chon, Director General of KDCA diseases.
Barythrax is designed to reduce hopes of imports, reduce costs and increase readiness for emergency situations, including bioterrorism. Before that, the country was fully relying on the American vaccine Biothrax From emerging biosolutions.
General investments in the project of KDCA and GC Biopharma cost 30 billion wins (over $ 22 million). The manufacturer noted that the vaccine is part of the company’s society contribution, along with the basic export products – flu and smallpox vaccines.
Currently, the vaccine will be used to produce an internal reserve, although the details of future delivery delivery have not been disclosed.
In 2023, more than 600 cases of Siberian ulcers were registered in Zambia, 251 cases of illness were confirmed in Uganda in 2024. Laos, Thailand and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have also expressed anthrax death in recent years.
Siberian ulcer is a chronic infectious disease, the cause of the agent of which is a spore -forming bacterium bacillus anthracis. The disease persists in the form of a skin form, more often in pulmonary and intestinal form with sepsis phenomena.
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