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This problem exists with or without finding an attenuated strain. A better way to think about this is let’s say we had two strains of the virus isolated - one t
by danieltillett 6y ago
This problem exists with or without finding an attenuated strain. A better way to think about this is let’s say we had two strains of the virus isolated - one that killed 10% of people infected and the other that killed less than 0.0001%. Which one should we use in a challenge trial?
- Gatsky 6y agoI’m not sure what your point is. Ultimately you need to demonstrate a vaccine is safe and efficacious for the real disease. An attenuated strain isn’t the real disease.
- danieltillett 6y agoNo you don’t if you choose the right attenuated strain, but even if you decided for some insane reason that you had to test the vaccine with a pathogenic strain you do this after you have shown that the vaccine protected the vaccinated person from the attenuated strain.
- Gatsky 6y agoHow do you know you’ve chosen the right attenuated strain?