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Viruela del mono: ¿Cuándo podríamos tener vacuna en Costa Rica?

Aunque no hay una vacuna específica contra esta enfermedad, algunos países autorizaron nuevas versiones de fármacos contra la viruela humana

(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 29, 2003 A nurse holds a vial of smallpox vaccine enough to inoculate 100 people as the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services starts to administer the vaccine to a limited number of health care workers as part of its on-going bioterrorism and public health emergency preparedness in Los Angeles 29 January 2003. - On May 8, 1980, representatives of all World Health Organization (WHO) member states gathered in Geneva and officially declared that the smallpox-causing variola virus had been relegated to the history books, two centuries after the discovery of a vaccine. (Photo by MIKE NELSON / AFP)
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 29, 2003 A nurse holds a vial of smallpox vaccine enough to inoculate 100 people as the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services starts to administer the vaccine to a limited number of health care workers as part of its on-going bioterrorism and public health emergency preparedness in Los Angeles 29 January 2003. - On May 8, 1980, representatives of all World Health Organization (WHO) member states gathered in Geneva and officially declared that the smallpox-causing variola virus had been relegated to the history books, two centuries after the discovery of a vaccine. (Photo by MIKE NELSON / AFP) MIKE NELSON
¿Cuándo tendrá Latinoamérica vacunas contra la viruela del mono?

No hay una vacuna específica contra la viruela del mono, pero algunas agencias reguladoras utilizan vacunas inicialmente fabricadas para atacar la viruela humana, un virus que se erradicó hace décadas, que es de la misma familia de la viruela del mono.

Las que se utilizan actualmente en algunos países son llamadas vacunas de tercera generación. No son las mismas que se utilizaron hace décadas contra la viruela, pero sí una adaptación con nuevas tecnologías y técnicas que permiten una prevención más eficiente con menos eventos adversos.

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