One of the largest ever vaccine studies is under way in Kolkata. Paroma Basu uncovers the benefits, and difficulties, of inoculating 60,000 people against cholera and typhoid fever.
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Paroma Basu is a freelance writer based in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Basu, P. Vaccines on trial. Nature 436, 484 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/436484a
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