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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: TimF who wrote (983)10/16/2005 10:31:02 PM
From: Peter Dierks   of 42652
 
Avian Influenza Vaccines
October 14, 2005

H5N1 Vaccines
Currently no vaccine is available to protect humans against the H5N1 virus that is being seen in Asia. However, vaccine development efforts are under way. Research studies to test a vaccine to protect humans against H5N1 virus began in April 2005. (Researchers are also working on a vaccine against H9N2, another bird flu virus subtype.) For more information, please see the following sites:

National Institutes of Health Resources

NIAID Initiates Trial of Experimental Avian Flu Vaccine
www3.niaid.nih.gov

Information from the World Health Organization

Availability of H5N1 Strains for Use in Vaccine Development
who.int

Guidance on Sharing Influenza Viruses with Potential to Cause Human Pandemics
who.int

Available evidence suggests no need to change the WHO recommended influenza A/H5N1 vaccine prototype strains, WHO statement from July 20 2005
who.int
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