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April 12, 2013

H7N9 vaccine may take months: US agency
Shanghai (AFP) April 12, 2013
Developing a vaccine for the H7N9 strain of bird flu that has killed 10 people in eastern China could take "many months", US public health experts have said. Chinese authorities had confirmed 38 human cases of H7N9 avian influenza as of Thursday evening after announcing nearly two weeks ago that they had found the strain in humans for the first time. Earlier vaccines targeting similar viruses had produced poor results, two members of the influenza division of the US Centers for Disease Control a ... read more

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