Press Release: European Medicines Agency confirms that presence of unexpected viral DNA in live attenuated vaccines does not raise public health concerns

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Series Details EMA/732522/2010 (18.11.10)
Publication Date 18/11/2010
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Live attenuated vaccines are vaccines that contain viruses that are ‘alive’ but that have been ‘attenuated’ (weakened) so that they do not cause the disease. Live attenuated vaccines that have been authorised in the European Union include vaccines to protect against polio, measles, mumps and rubella, and gastroenteritis (diarrhoea and vomiting) caused by rotavirus infection.
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EMA: Press Release: EMA/732522/2010 (18.11.10) http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Press_release/2010/11/WC500099132.pdf
EMA: Questions and answers on the detection of unexpected viral DNA in live attenuated vaccines http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Medicine_QA/2010/11/WC500099124.pdf
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