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Vaccines endure African temperatures without damage

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Anti-meningitis campaign in Benin delivers more than 150,000 doses with no losses from excess heat.

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  1. Zipursky, S. et al. Vaccine http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.01.038 (2014).

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