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Fri Apr 5, 2013, 10:04 AM Apr 2013

U.S. health authorities in bird flu vaccine effort

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/05/u-s-health-authorities-in-bird-flu-vaccine-effort/

US health authorities are liaising with domestic and international partners to develop a vaccine for the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed five people in China.

With the number of confirmed infection cases climbing to 14, authorities in Shanghai have begun the mass slaughter of poultry at a market after the virus was detected there in samples of pigeon.

Noting an ongoing probe by Beijing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a US federal agency, said it was following the situation closely.

Its efforts will include “gathering more information to make a knowledgeable public health risk assessment, and developing a candidate vaccine virus.”
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