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ot only rely on far fewer volunteers but, more importantly, take a much shorter period to get results.

Are there any precedents for infecting healthy people with a pathogen?

We do human-challenge studies for less deadly diseases quite frequently. For example, for influenza, typhoid, cholera and malaria. There are some historical precedents for exposure to very deadly viruses. The thing that demarcates the design that we propose from some of these historical instances is that we feel there is a way to make these trials surprisingly safe.