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Nature Medicine  4, 506 (1998)
doi:10.1038/nm0598supp-506

Vaccine production in russia : An update

Kristina S. Westerdahl & Roger Roffey

Defence Research Establishment, Division of NBC Defence, SE-901 82 Umeå, Sweden

The fall of the Soviet Union has brought about vaccine shortages and a decline in vaccine quality in Russia; improvements will require foreign investment to update production facilities.

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