SRI’s Michigan Office Will Help Develop New VEE Vaccine

old, and a lot of the world is already resistant to them.”

And as for what infectious diseases the average Michigander should worry about, Mirsalis points to hepatitis, HIV, and good old influenza.

“People in Michigan don’t have to worry about tropical diseases,” he adds. “Mosquitoes are moving north, but will that impact Michigan? Not in 2017. Toronto was one of the SARS hot zones in 2003 and 2004. Could Michigan become a hotspot like Toronto? Absolutely.”

Mirsalis says he expects SRI’s vaccine work in Michigan to take about three years to complete.

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Author: Sarah Schmid Stevenson

Sarah is a former Xconomy editor. Prior to joining Xconomy in 2011, she did communications work for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan House of Representatives. She has also worked as a reporter and copy editor at the Missoula Independent and the Lansing State Journal. She holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Native American Studies from the University of Montana and proudly calls Detroit "the most fascinating city I've ever lived in."