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“we’ve proven the principle,” If the H5N1 vaccine proves effective it will be cheap to deliver since it can be administered in drinking water, some-thing Prideaux describes as a first for a flu vaccine. Initial trials on 45 birds willtake a few months, and may lead to the availability of a product next year. “We’ve proven the principle,”Prideaux said. Should there be another outbreak we will be able to fast-tracka vaccine against the strain using the same method. We could also produce vaccines against a whole range ofstrains that already exist.”