SLU vaccine researcher works to get ahead of future epidemics
Coronavirus case counts are dropping in the St. Louis region and across the U.S., but Dr. Sarah George of St. Louis University is not taking a break anytime soon.
As the principal investigator for St. Louis University Center for Vaccine Development, George works to develop vaccines for a host of contagious diseases. Right now, she has her sights on Chikungunya virus, which is found in at least 50 countries in the tropics. Hundreds of thousands of cases were reported throughout the Americas and Africa in 2015.
“It is a very nasty mosquito-transmitted disease,” she told St. Louis on the Air. “We do not yet have this virus in St. Louis. Hopefully, we'll never get it here.”
The center is currently seeking participants for a six-month clinical trial for a Chikungunya vaccine.
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