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Biotech / Medical : SARS and Avian Flu -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: maceng2 who wrote (1226)1/21/2004 1:50:13 AM
From: Henry Niman  Respond to of 4232
 
WSJ has a summary of the H5N1 problem, but it leaves out some key details

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To: maceng2 who wrote (1226)1/21/2004 4:50:53 AM
From: Henry Niman  Respond to of 4232
 
Hong Kong now also has bird flu. Found in dead peregrine Falcon in suburbs. Sounds like they and Guangdong Province are just "one flight away"

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To: maceng2 who wrote (1226)1/21/2004 7:40:13 AM
From: Henry Niman  Respond to of 4232
 
Now 3 Thais are being tested for H5N1. They had been in contact with diseased chickens. Health minister says they appear to have pneumonia

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To: maceng2 who wrote (1226)1/21/2004 1:58:31 PM
From: Henry Niman  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 4232
 
Vietnam going from bad to worse. The latest is that there was a H5N1 outbreak near Hanoi last July. This is probably why the pediatric cases began showing up last September and consequently there is more time for more selction of a variant that will transmit human to human

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