Swine Flu Shot, Swine Flu Vaccination, Swine Influenza Vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the vaccine used against seasonal influenza is not effective in preventing new viruses from the swine flu.

"The view (of scientists) and the consensus now is that the vaccine offers no protection (for the swine flu)," said the director of the Organization for Vaccine Research, Marie-Paule Kieny.

At a press conference, recalled that the manufacture of vaccines is a complex process that in some cases made it impossible to achieve a formula for certain diseases such as AIDS. However, he hoped the "tremendous experience" which has the pharmaceutical industry in the area of vaccines for seasonal influenza.

The expert stressed, however, can not wait to officially declare a pandemic to start manufacturing of vaccines capable of preventing transmission of the virus AH1N1.

It has advanced in about two weeks that will send the material to the viral vaccine production companies that produce each year about 400 million doses of seasonal influenza.

Building Time

Seasonal vaccines that are manufactured today have a process around four months. However, that time will be even greater in the case of the vaccine virus AH1N1, you have to add what it takes for the WHO in developing reagents between four and six weeks.