Needle-based vaccine injections require highly trained health workers and an optimally performing system for effective mass vaccination campaigns. The universal fear of needle sticks is an indicator of the need of convenient and viable alternative modes of delivery. New technologies are making needle-free cutaneous (applied to the skin) vaccines against a variety of diseases a foreseeable reality. Bruce Weniger, Associate Editor of the journal Vaccine discusses the latest research on cutaneous vaccination.
Needle-based vaccine injections require highly trained health workers and an optimally performing system for effective mass vaccination campaigns. The universal fear of needle sticks is an indicator of the need of convenient and viable alternative modes of delivery. New technologies are making needle-free cutaneous (applied to the skin) vaccines against a variety of diseases a foreseeable reality. Bruce Weniger, Associate Editor of the journal Vaccine discusses the latest research on cutaneous vaccination.
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