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Turkey - Human Cases / Avian Cases
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Medical News Today
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Pitt Scientists Receive $3.6 Million To Test Vaccine Against Deadliest Strain Of Avian Flu | | Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Vaccine Research have been awarded $3.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to conduct animal studies of vaccines designed to protect against the most common and deadliest strain of avian flu, H5N1. Recent outbreaks of H5N1 have prompted health officials to warn of its continued threat to global health and potential to trigger an avian flu pandemic. | | 8/27/2008 12:00:00 AM |
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Flu Antibodies Recovered From 1918 Pandemic Survivors | | Scientists in the US recovered antibodies to the 1918 flu virus from elderly survivors of the pandemic, used them to create cell lines of monoclonal antibodies and then showed they were still potent by injecting them into infected mice that survived, whereas the controls did not. | | 8/18/2008 12:00:00 AM |
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Bird Flu In Indonesia: Prevalence, Mortality, And Action | | In order to help Indonesia improve its high human mortality due to bird flu (H5N1 influenza), more effective diagnostic methods must be used and improved case management must be implemented to achieve faster treatment with antivirals, according to the authors of an article released on August 14, 2008 in The Lancet. Most of us are familiar with the flu, which seasonally affects many populations. | | 8/16/2008 12:00:00 AM |
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