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microarray
/ ˌmaɪkrəʊəˈreɪ /
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The phase 1/2 randomized trial compared results from the measles and rubella vaccine delivered by a microarray patch, a small sticking plaster-like device with an array of microscopic projections that painlessly penetrate the skin and deliver the vaccine, or by conventional injection with a needle and syringe.
Over 90% of infants were protected from measles and all infants were protected from rubella following a single dose of the vaccine given by the microarray patch.
The trial found no safety concerns with delivering the measles and rubella vaccine using a microarray patch.
The researchers hope microarray patches could help to achieve the very high levels of population immunity required to control childhood diseases such as measles and rubella, with WHO recommending at least 95% two-dose measles vaccine coverage and rubella requiring 80% population immunity.
Microarray patches have been determined to be the highest priority innovation for overcoming barriers to immunization in low-resource settings.
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