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Research data from Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture update understanding of flu vaccines

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 27th, 2007

Researchers detail in 'Improvements to the hemagglutination inhibition test for serological assessment of recombinant fowlpox-H5-avian-influenza vaccination in chickens and its use along with an agar gel immunodiffusion test for differentiating infected from noninfected vaccinated animals,' new data in flu. According to recent research from the United States, "In general, avian influenza (AI) vaccines protect chickens from morbidity and mortality and reduce, but do not completely prevent, replication of wild AI viruses in the respiratory and intestinal tracts of vaccinated chickens. Therefore, surveillance programs based on serological testing must be developed to differentiate vaccinated...

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