111.   Developing a vaccine to prevent AIDS should be given top priority in the fight against the deadly virus sweeping Africa, a leading epidemiologist said.

112.   Dr. Seth Berkely, president of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, said four vaccines are being developed in his project.

113.   He said that Okuda developed the vaccine.

114.   Information about weapons of mass destruction also can be used to advance medical treatment, develop vaccines, facilitate cleanup and aid other emergency preparedness, he said.

115.   It also should help in developing a vaccine that will prevent infection by the microbe.

116.   Its strategy is to develop multiple vaccines with partnerships between vaccine producers and developing countries.

117.   Meyer and Dr. Paul Parkman worked five years to develop a vaccine for German measles, or rubella.

118.   Most successful human vaccines have been developed on the basis of understanding natural immunity, he said.

119.   Other vaccines have been developed, but those target strains prevalent in Europe and North America.

120.   Rabinovich, the director for the Maryland-based initiative, said there was renewed excitement about developing a vaccine for developing countries.