ST. LOUIS — How much would someone have to pay you to intentionally get the flu?
Well, researchers at Saint Louis University are hoping that the answer is somewhere around $3,300.
Researchers are trying to "understand what happens when a person is infected with influenza and how the body controls the infection." To do that, they are doing a "challenge" study.
Volunteers between the ages of 18 and 49 will stay at a former hotel in the Salus Center for 10 days to be infected with a strain of the flu and allow researchers to study the symptoms. Volunteers will have catered meals throughout the 10-day stay.
Volunteers will be paid $300 for each day of the challenge study. Volunteers will also have four clinic visits for which they will be paid $75.
For more information about the study, visit the study page on the Saint Louis University website.
Saint Louis University has other ongoing clinical trials for various age groups. For more information about other studies, visit the clinical trial page.
