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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Life Sciences researchers were awarded $3 million from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the U.S. Department of Defense to create a vaccine against melioidosis.
The DOD is concerned the bacteria can be used for bio warfare in the future.
With a 50% mortality rate, melioidosis is listed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a tier one select agent, along with Ebola and smallpox.
The disease is endemic to tropical countries 30 degrees north and south of the equator. It is found in water and soil, and can enter the human body through cuts or drinking contaminated water.
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Vietnamese-American professor funded to develop Whitmore s disease vaccine
By Minh Nga June 29, 2021 | 09:59 am GMT+7
Professor Tung Hoang (L) works with a member of his research team at the University of Hawai’i in Mānoa. Photo courtesy of the university.
A group of researchers led by a Vietnamese-American professor has been granted $3 million by the U.S. defence department to create a vaccine against melioidosis.
The research team of the University of Hawai i s School of Life Sciences, led by Professor Tung Hoang, have received a $3-million contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency in the U.S. Department of Defense to create a vaccine against melioidosis, or Whitmore s disease.