Synthetic-antigen conjugate vaccine (Quimi-Hib)
Vacuna conjugada con antígeno sintético (Quimi-Hib)
- Date
- 2003-2004 · confidence high
- Place
- University of Havana, Havana, Cuba
- Credited to
- Vicente Vérez-Bencomo and collaborators
- People
- 👤 Vicente Vérez-Bencomo
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
The first human vaccine based on a fully synthetic carbohydrate antigen, against Haemophilus influenzae type b. It showed that synthetic sugars can replace those extracted from bacteria.
Published in Science (2004).
What it led to
- synthetic glycoconjugate vaccines
- child vaccination in Cuba